Abigail and Brittany Hensel are conjoined
twins from Minnesota. Being conjoined,
they have had many struggles throughout
their lives.
Soon after they were born, doctors gave
their parents the bad news; the twins
would not survive very long. The girls are
now 25 years old and are featured in a
show, titled: Abby and Brittany, which
will show viewers how their every days
lives are.
These girls are one of the rarest set of
dicephalus twins in the world!
It is very rare to be born conjoined (1 in
40,000) and it is even more rare to survive
after birth (1% of the 1 in 40,000)! The
fact that Abby and Brittany are alive and
well is a miracle.
Abby and Brittany came to be when a
fertilized egg failed to separate inside the
womb.
They have two hearts, two spines joined at
the pelvis, four lungs, two esophagi, three
kidneys, one ribcage, one liver, a partially
shared nervous system and a shared
circulatory system. From their waist
down, all organs are shared including the
reproductive system, intestines and
bladder. Abby, the right twin can’t feel
anything on the left side of body while
Brittany, the left twin can’t feel anything
on her right side.
Despite the fact that the twins can only
feel their half of the body they share, they
still are able to type, play piano, bowl,
play volleyball, ride a bicycle, play
softball, and swim, etc.
They were actually born with three arms,
one arm was removed surgically at the
time of birth. During their life, they have
been operated on several times, but the
twins have remained in good health.
The twins have been in the media several
times in their lives. At the age of six, they
appeared in Oprah Winfrey show and on
the cover of Life magazine. They stayed
out of the media for 10 years, and then
when they were 16 the girls were filmed
for a TLC documentary. If features them
passing their driver’s test; each twin
controls the steering wheel with one arm.
Their mother wondered which twin would
get the speeding ticket if they were ever
pulled over.
The girls have to cordinate everything
together and they don’t always have the
urge to eat or sleep at the same time
either.
Their parents have encouraged the twins
to develop individual personalities. They
have exposed the twins to the media, but
have purposely kept it limited for the sake
of the girls and their other 2 children.
Although the two girls are individuals and
they have the urge to sleep and eat at
different times, they still coordinate among
themselves to work as a single body.
Clothes have to be made special order for
the twins because they have 2 necklines.
In order to show their own styling and
tastes, the girls have leggings made with
different colors on each leg. They wear
different shoes on each foot for the same
reasoning as well.
Abby and Brittany have always been
treated as two separate identities. They
even buy 2 movie tickets when they go to
the theater.
Their parents never thought of getting the
twins separated. One of them might die or
get physically handicapped for the rest of
her life, so it just really wasn’t an option
for them. The girls were always treated as
two separate individuals.
Patty (Abby and Brittany’s mother) said
“when children ask the girls if they have
two heads, they say they don’t, but that
each has their own head. That’s what we
have encouraged them to do, to develop
their own individuality as much as
possible.” They buy two separate cinema
tickets, separate meals and two different
birthday cakes for them. When the girls
were younger, they made sure to scold the
right girl and not just scold them as one
person.
Since the girls are two separate people,
one twin can get sick while the other stays
healthy.
Abby and Brittany rarely fight. They eat
on separate plates, with one twin holding
the knife and the other holding the fork.
The have to take turns eating. They
alternate bite by bite, with each girl
helping to feed the other. One twin will
even scratch an itch for the other if the
other twin’s hand doesn’t react fast
enough.
One can get an illness, while the other
twin stays healthy. For instance, Brittany
has suffered from pneumonia twice and
Abigail, the stubborn one, always helped
Brittany in tough times
The twins have only once wished to
separate from each other and that was
when Brittany suffered for pneumonia for
the first time in childhood. Abby got bored
of being in the bed all the time, when
Brittany was ill. She said that she needed
the separation. Brittany would start crying
and then Abby promised her they would
never part.
Now that the twis are full grown women,
some questions have arose: What happens
if one twin falls in love? Will they ever
have children or wed?
Three years ago there was a rumor, in the
news, about Brittany being engaged. Those
were just rumors, but they made people
think about their future. Now that the
twins are full grown women, some
questions have arose. They love each other
very much, but what would happen if one
fell in love, or even worse, one fell in love
with someone the other twin hated? Since
they share one reproductive system, will
they ever have children? Their father,
Mike believes that his daughters will get
married someday.
Female conjoined twins have a much
higher rate of live birth and survival than
male twins. Approximately 70 percent of
all conjoined twins are girls.

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All I can say is ......WOW

thank God that they weren't born in Nigeria, dem for don use them do sacrifice tey tey

more.......

they may mistakenly kiss each other

That's not a girl with two heads, it's two girls in one body.

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I sure sey ova sense go dey wori her also..

firstEVA:
That's not a girl with two heads, it's two girls in one body.

from a prima facie angle ....it a girl with 2 head

Wow...incredible...she/they luk(s) so hapi...Allahu Akbar(God's grt)..

Attimes wen u tink God's nt being gud to u...jt luk around u nd den luk at ursef again..trust me..u'l become so grateful to God..

Wish dem/her long nd hapi life...

All I can say is they look goid together..I wonder who will get her first kiss first

So if them want fvck na who get the toto? So if them get two boyfriends so them go dey take turns to fvck one toto abi?

ONBILIVAYBU

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himkers:
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hun hun, na photohouse. Tshew



Back to the topic, God is great

Weird. They should be geniuses tho.