Adele, mum to Ryan and Luke, born ten weeks early, will tell her family's story in the BBC Lifeline appeal, airing on Sunday 18 May at 4:50pm on BBC1.
When I had my first daughter it was a lovely experience. She was born, and handed straight to to me. My husband and I kept looking at each other and smiling, and it was just a lovely, lovely day, which was just an absolute world apart from the day when the twins were born.
I gave birth to my premature sons Ryan and Luke on September 4 2013, they came ten weeks early. The twins weighed just 3lb 15oz and 2lb 7oz. The room was silent. It was just filled with anxiety and wondering are they alive?
Ryan and Luke had various health complications and Luke ended up spending 82 days in hospital. This was such a stressful time for me and it was made worse by the fact that the boys were in intensive care in Middlesbrough as there were no available cots in Newcastle, where we live....