Record-breaking weight difference of twin sisters born 10 minutes apart
By Daily Mail Reporter
When Pamela Sutherland fell pregnant with twins, she was worried that people wouldn't be able to tell them apart. But as soon as they were born, she and husband Barry knew that it wasn't going to be a problem. Because at 8Ibs 1oz, twin Daisy dwarfed her sister Poppy, who weighed in at just 5Ibs 7ozs, when they were born at Elgin Maternity Hospital five weeks ago.  Twincredible! Poppy, left, weighed just 5lbs 7ozs at birth while her sister, Daisy, game in at a healthy 8lbs 1oz
It is the biggest size difference between twins ever recorded in the UK. Mrs Sutherland, 30, who lives in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, with husband Barry, also 30, said: 'We just couldn't believe it when they were born and they looked so different. 'Even the midwife was shocked when she weighed Daisy. She did a double take.' Size differences between twins can sometimes be caused by a life-threatening condition called Twin to Twin transfusion syndrome, where one twin takes more nutrients from the other. The condition can be life-threatening and surgery can be carried out whilst the babies are still in the womb to separate the vessels conjoining them to even out the blood supply.  No excuses: Their mother, Pamela Sutherland, can't get them mixed up because of their size difference
But baffled doctors told the couple that their twins didn't have the condition and luckily the pregnancy went smoothly. The twins were born naturally within ten minutes of each other after Mrs Sutherland went in to labour - and when they were born, it showed the staggering three and a half pound size difference between the two. Mrs Sutherland said: 'I was staggered at the size of Daisy - she was the size of a big newborn on her own, despite the fact that she was a twin. 'I never expected her to tip the scales at 8Ibs 1oz.' The twins were allowed home the following day and since then have come in leaps and bounds. But the size difference still remains between them - meaning that strangers have no difficulty in telling them apart. Daisy now weighs 9Ibs 7ozs and Poppy weighs 6Ibs 1oz, and Daisy is also several inches longer than Poppy.
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