A desperate mother has appealed for help to save her conjoined twin daughters who are joined at the stomach.<br /><br />Rubilyn Guinto, 31, was expecting twins or triplets, but was unaware there would be complication when went into labour in October last year.<br /><br />After several difficult and painful hours, Rubilyn gave birth to the sisters through caesarian section.<br /><br />The twins, named Mercy and Divine, emerged with all of their own limbs and heads, but were stuck together at the belly.<br /><br />Now four months on, the sisters are healthy, but unless an operation takes place, they risk debilitating health problems in the future.<br /><br />Rubilyn, a housewife, and her partner Edmund Cerillo, are now battling to scrape together at least 250,000 Philippine peso (3700GBP) to pay for the operation which doctors said has a ''high chance of success''.<br /><br />Rubilyn said: "Taking care of them is not easy, but I had to endure. I feel really bad about it.<br /><br />''People told me when I was pregnant that it might be twins. I did not believe them because we don't have history of having twins.<br /><br />''I was advised to visit the doctor but since we don't have much money, I did not go.''<br /><br />The mother, who has no other children, said she did not know that she will be having twins.<br /><br />"I cannot afford regular medical check-ups. I only knew about it on the day of my delivery,'' she added.<br /><br />Rubilyn said she tried to give birth naturally but was in too much pain and needed a caesarian operation.
