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Mother of conjoined twins to give birth in Colorado

Expectant mother Amber McCullough talks Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, during a Colorado's KUSA-TV, interview, a day before she is expected to give birth to conjoined twins in Aurora, Colo.
Expectant mother Amber McCullough talks Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, during a Colorado's KUSA-TV, interview, a day before she is expected to give birth to conjoined twins in Aurora, Colo. Expectant mother Amber McCullough talks Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, during a Colorado's KUSA-TV, interview, a day before she is expected to give birth to conjoined twins in Aurora, Colo.

By Associated Press 2 min read

AURORA, Colo. – A woman preparing to give birth to conjoined twins in Colorado has been told one of the babies won’t survive.

Amber McCullough, of Hastings, Minn., was scheduled to have a C-section Wednesday to deliver twin girls at the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

The twins, Hannah and Olivia, share an abdomen, liver and intestinal tract. The girls have separate hearts and kidneys.

McCullough told KUSA-TV Olivia is not expected to survive because of her heart. She only has a single ventricle and is missing valves.

“I will get to see my girls very briefly after the delivery,” McCullough said. “They will need to be intubated right away, but the doctors will hold them up real quick and I’ll get a peek.”