Doctor Gasps As She Delivers Twins, Then Mom Realizes What Happened, Breaks Down In Tears
Channel: Brighter World
Date: 2017-11-01

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Doctor Gasps As She Delivers Twins, Then Mom Realizes What Happened, Breaks Down In Tears

Back in 2014, Sarah Thistlethwaite, a math teacher from Orrville, Ohio, was excited to learn she was expecting twins. Little did she or her husband know they would have a long journey ahead of them before the twins were born. Sarah was put on bed rest for the majority of her pregnancy, but nothing could dim the couple’s elation.

“We were in shock – we sat there and laughed and then cried and then we would laugh again,” Sarah said.
Nineteen weeks into her pregnancy, though, they learned they weren’t only having identical twins, but Monoamniotic-Monochorionic twins, also known as “Mo-Mo” twins.

In this situation, which only occurs in one out of every ten thousand births, the fetuses share both their amnions, chorions, and placentas. Sadly, utero mortality rate is around 50 percent.

“It’s the rarest form of twinning and it carries the most risk,” explained Dr. Melissa Mancuso, director of the fetal treatment center at Akron Children’s Hospital. “Because they’re sharing the same amniotic sac, their umbilical cords can become tangled as they’re growing and moving which can cut off blood supply to one or both twins.”
Sarah was admitted to Akron Children’s Hospital where she spent nearly two months on bed rest. Medical staff regularly monitored her twin daughters’ heart rates.


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