Baby born extremely premature at 25 weeks spends first Christmas at home with family

Mr Veroy Chua and his wife Astral Lim with their daughters Shelyn (right), who was born at 25 weeks, and Scarlet, three. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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SINGAPORE - When a doctor told Ms Astral Lim that she had to choose between terminating her pregnancy or keeping the foetus, with a 50 per cent chance of survival, she felt her baby kick from inside her tummy.

She and her husband, Mr Veroy Chua, 36, took it as a sign from God to keep the baby.

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