A beaming couple shared the beautiful moment their newborn twins were reunited in their mom’s arms after birth – with one reaching out its arm to put around the other.
For mom, Emily Hilton, 27, from Salt Lake City, Utah, the 40 hours her two twins, West and Archie, were apart “felt like an eternity.”
The twins were born at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, before West was taken straight to the NICU for checks, as he was born breech.
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Archie spent more of his time with Emily, who moved between floors in the hospital to breastfeed both babies.
But it would be almost two days before the brothers were reunited.
Emily was told that West was healthy, and the pair shared some skin-to-skin time once he had left the NICU.
As Archie was brought into the room to see his sibling, Emily propped up her cellphone on a nearby table as her husband, Lance, 28, approached with his son.
As soon as Archie was placed onto Emily’s chest next to West, he immediately reached out an arm to put around his brother.
Emily welled up with tears of happiness, and the video, which she later shared on social media, received millions of views and a string of positive comments.
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Emily told Happilynews.com: “I don’t know if I can put it into words.
“I felt whole – like everything was right in the world like heaven was close.
“After the video we could just snuggle up and have some quality time as a family.
“The response on social media has been overwhelmingly positive.
“I don’t think it’s common to be able to capture such raw, special moments, and people love seeing that.
“It’s been special.
“I never thought the video would go viral like that.”