A mother who was told her twin girls had less than 10 per cent chance of survival due to a 'devastating' pregnancy complication is about to celebrate their first day of school.Hanna Brameld, 44, from Beckenham, was just 16 weeks pregnant when she and her husband, James, were told their daughters, Ruby and Scarlett, had Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.The life-threatening condition, which means blood does not flow evenly from the placenta to both babies causing one to receive too much and the other too little, was picked up by a sonographer during a routine scan.Mrs Brameld, who said she was left 'frozen' as doctors explained the complication, was told by a consultant the chance of survival without a risky operation was less than 10 per cent for both girls.'I felt like the floor had disappeared beneath me,' she told the Daily Mail. 'These were my babies. I hadn't even met them yet, and already I was being asked to imagine losing them.'Just a week later, Mrs Brameld underwent a procedure in which an expert surgeon operated inside her womb. Fortunately, it was a success – but caused a further problem.The operation ruptured her waters, meaning the fluid around the twins dropped dangerously low.'I was terrified,' Mrs Brameld said, describing how she and her husband were warned Scarlett's lungs might not develop properly. They attended King's College Hospital every week for a scan to monitor the girls closely. Hanna Brameld, 44, from Beckenham, was just 16 weeks pregnant when she and her husband, James, were told their daughters, Ruby and Scarlett, had Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome - the girls are set to start school this week Mrs Brameld gave birth to Ruby and Scarlett by emergency caesarean section in 2021Desperate to protect her unborn babies, she did 'everything I could think of'. 'I drank glass after glass of blackcurrant squash, convinced it might somehow help. I stayed as still as possible, willing my body to hold on just a little longer. In my head, I pictured my girls squeezed together, protecting each other.'Every single day that passed without going into labour felt like a small victory.'Mrs Brameld gave birth to Ruby and Scarlett by emergency caesarean section in 2021.Ruby weighed just 1lb 10.5oz, while Scarlett weighed 2lb 3oz – no heavier than a bag of sugar. Both were put straight onto ventilators, and Mrs Brameld was unable to hold them for ten 'agonising' days.But the birth was only the beginning of a months-long nightmare for the Bramelds, before both twins would finally be allowed to return home.First, little Ruby battled a suspected serious bowel infection and meningitis. Scarlett suffered a collapsed lung, needed treatment to close a hole in her heart, and developed a form of sepsis, caused by a bacteria called Serratia marcescens.'I have never felt so helpless,' Mrs Brameld said, as she paid tribute to neonatal staff. 'I was desperate to be beside Scarlett every second, but Ruby needed me too — feeding every three hours, needing to be changed, needing her mum. 'I was trying to express breastmilk, eat, sleep, and simply hold myself together, all while running between two hospital rooms.'Ruby was allowed home three months after her birth on the twins' original due date, and Mrs Brameld would take her back to the hospital every day for the coming months so she could be close to her sister. Hanna and James Brameld leave King's College Hospital with their daughters, Ruby and Scarlett Mrs Brameld was so affected by the care her daughters received that she gave up her career in the fashion industry to work for neonatal charity Ickle PicklesScarlett required long-term support for her breathing, including a ventilator to help her overnight, and a feeding tube fitted surgically. Her parents spent weeks practising so they knew they would be fully prepared to care for her on her return home, which came only after the twins spent a total of 300 days in hospital between them.'I will never forget carrying Scarlett through our front door and watching her and Ruby together as a family, at last,' Mrs Brameld said.This week Ruby and Scarlett are set to complete a milestone their parents once feared they'd never see – starting school.A far cry from their initial weeks and months in hospital, their mother now describes them as 'double trouble' – 'full of energy, and utterly inseparable'. Mrs Brameld was so affected by the care her daughters received that she gave up her career in the fashion industry to work for neonatal charity Ickle Pickles, which gave them support throughout the twins' time in NICU.Ickle Pickles supports families and also helps hospitals across the country buy vital equipment for premature and sick newborns.In her new role, Mrs Brameld offers peer-to-peer support to other parents in similar situations to the one she found herself in, and returns to King's College Hospital every fortnight.And Ruby and Scarlett have even been doing fundraising of their own – completing their first sponsored run this week: a mile through Greenwich.'When I think about everything my girls have overcome — a less than 10 per cent chance of survival, a desperate operation, months apart in separate hospital rooms — and then I watch them running down the street together, laughing, holding hands on their way into school, it takes my breath away,' Mrs Brameld said.'Ruby and Scarlett are living proof that even when the odds feel impossible, miracles can still happen.'Ruby and Scarlett's sponsored Big Mile for Ickle Pickles can be sponsored on the charity's website, which also gives information about the charity's work supporting premature and sick babies.