After my devastating miscarriage, my sister offered to be my surrogate. She was already pregnant with my baby when I realised I’D conceived naturally…

At a baby shower surrounded by friends and family, sisters Danielle and Nicole cradle matching bumps. Above the piles of presents hang golden balloons spelling out the word ‘twinblings’.

It’s a term that has arisen among the increasingly complex landscape of modern parenting to sum up their startling situation.

‘Twinblings are two full biological siblings born so close together they could almost be twins,’ says Danielle Redman, a mental health worker. ‘Nicole and I liked the idea so much that we made it the theme of our baby shower.’

Yes, full biological siblings, not cousins. Danielle and her husband Aaron are the parents

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