Do you think these two babies were born weeks or even months apart? You are wrong if you answer " yes". In fact, the identical twin boys were born less than a minute apart. They were induced 11 weeks early and born at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney on March 15.LinkBig brother Byron Ryman weighed in at 3lb 6oz and was almost twice as heavy as his brother Lincoln who was only 1lb 2oz when they were born.
Doctors... had given little Lincoln only a one-in-three chance of survival because he was so small and the twins' parents Nicole and Todd Ryman were told to prepare for the worst.
The couple, who conceived through IVF, said their first few weeks of parenthood had been nerve-racking.
Mrs Ryman, 31, said: 'We've been on top of the world because we didn't think we were going to have them both.
'We've had a few scares along the way, but they're pretty well going forward now and I know I'm going to be able to take them home.'
During the pregnancy she was having weekly scans and she said the doctors would 'write Lincoln off' and told her to 'be prepared to not to see a heartbeat next week'.
[Lincon had] underwent one operation to overcome heart and breathing problems when he still weighed no more than half a bag of sugar.
He is expected to spend the next four to six weeks being cared for in the newborn intensive care unit but Byron is likely to leave hospital at the end of next week.