A mum and dad from Watford welcomed twin girls Maeve and Orla at 36 weeks on 8 April, 2024. Everything 'seemed normal', according to mum Darrah O’Sullivan, 28, and her fiance, Vince Greenaway ...

The following day, doctors diagnosed Maeve with bilateral anophthalmia, a condition where a baby is born without eyes. It affects approximately one in 100,000 births, according to the NHS.

ucl.ac.uk Background/aims Microphthalmia, anophthalmia and coloboma (MAC) are clinically and genetically heterogenous rare developmental eye conditions, which contribute to a significant proportion of ...