cojoined babies
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For Fijian mother Akeneta Vulimaiigiladi, the journey toward holding two separate, healthy baby girls began with a pregnancy that defied every expectation.
Carrying triplets, Akeneta faced a daunting reality when medical scans revealed that while one baby was developing...

![Akeneta Vulimaiigiladi with daughters Jesepeli (Noura) and Dicecea (Sarah) Kikau at the King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after their separation surgery. [courtesy photo] Akeneta Vulimaiigiladi with daughters](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mother_with_daughters.jpeg?itok=W68JWdmt)