Twins celebrate birthday as separates

Formerly conjoined twins, Trishna and Krishna, will be turning three, the start of their first year apart.

The formerly conjoined twins, Trishna and Krishna, will be turning three - the start of their first year apart after last month's extraordinary surgery.

Trishna and Krishna will reach a milestone on Tuesday when they celebrate their birthday for the first time as separate individuals.

The formerly conjoined twins will be turning three - the start of their first year apart after last month's extraordinary surgery that separated them.

Their birthday is expected to be held at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital with a single cake and a few of their closest loved ones nearby, hospital spokeswoman Julie Webber told AAP on Sunday.

'It will just be a small celebration in the ward for them,' she said. 'They just want it to be a private event.'

The twins will celebrate with Moira Kelly, their legal guardian, and several caretakers who are helping them through the long recovery process.

The Bangladeshi girls were born joined at the head and brought to Australia two years ago by the Children First Foundation to undergo surgery at the hospital.

There have been a few minor setbacks during their recovery, but medical staff still say their progress since the surgery is remarkable.

Brain scans have all come back normal. Trishna needed a secondary surgery to fix a small 'leak' in her head a few weeks ago while Krishna, who had worse health going into the operation, has suffered from two small seizures.

Such setbacks, however, are contrasted by many joyous occasions: Krishna blowing her first raspberry to Ms Kelly, the girls watching their favourite musical group, The Wiggles, on a DVD, and looking at each other and smiling.

'All those things that little girls do,' Ms Webber said.

In recent days the twins have even been sitting up straight in walkers and clapping their hands, getting to know their new bodies.

The twins are expected to be released from hospital this week so they can spend Christmas at home with Ms Kelly.

'We're certainly hoping they'll be home for Christmas,' Ms Webber said.

'It would be lovely for them to be home. They're doing so well now so I think that could be the case.'

(Edit:Ruby)