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Miscellaneous See other Miscellaneous Articles Title: A very happy Mother's Day: Woman gives birth to rare 'mono mono' twins An Ohio middle school math teacher was given an early Mother's Day present, giving birth to rare monoamniotic twin girls after spending nearly two months in the hospital. Sarah Thistlethwaite, from Orrville, Ohio, gave birth to the identical twins, Jenna and Jillian, on Friday. The girls, who were born holding hands, shared an amniotic sac and placenta — a rare occurrence that doctors say happens just once in every 10,000 pregnancies. “It's definitely, truly a miracle,” Thistlethwaite told WEWS-TV in Cleveland. Thistlethwaite had been hospitalized at Akron General Medical Center since March 14 after discovering the unborn twins' "mono mono" condition. While in the hospital, Thistlewaite was hooked up to fetal monitors for 20 hours a day. "When twins share an amniotic sack, there are many risks to monitor," the hospital explained in a blog post. "The twins’ umbilical cords can become entangled or compressed. And there’s a risk that one fetus’ cord might wrap around the other one’s neck." Thistlethwaite opted to have a C-section. Mom's rare twins born holding hands Play Video Mom's rare twins born holding hands “Sarah was given the option to deliver between 32 and 34 weeks gestation,” Melissa Mancuso, the doctor who performed the surgery, explained. “This type of twin is at high risk for stillbirth because of cord entanglement. We were just having a discussion about how difficult a decision it is to make, weighing the risk of prematurity versus the risks of entanglement. She was excited about having her C-section on May 9 because she would be a ‘real mother’ on Mothers’ Day.” The procedure went smoothly, according to the hospital, with Jenna and Jillian weighing 4 pounds, 2 ounces and 3 pounds, 12 ounces, respectively. Because they were considered premature, the twins were taken directly to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, where they're expected to spend two to four weeks before they’re ready to go home. Meanwhile, "mono mono" twins are apparently becoming something of a trend in Akron: Amanda Arnold, another expectant mother, is due to deliver monoamniatic twins at Akron General next week. "I've been practicing high-risk obstetrics for about 35 years and I've seen less than 10 cases," Dr. Justin Lavin said. "It's pretty surprising to have two at the same time." Poster Comment: [happy] I had a set of mono mono twin daughters. The Drs made a huge fuss about my pregnancy and did 8 ultrasounds and 2 amniosynthesis. They wanted to take them at 36 weeks because they said that their cords could kill them. However, their lungs were not ready at 37 weeks because the Dr said I had a perfect pregnancy and they were in no hurry to develop. Finally at 38 weeks they had 2 teams of Drs plus the surgeon and took them by c-section. The first one screamed loud enough to wake the dead and the second one had a cord wrapped around her neck twice with a knot in it the size of a mans fist. The Dr said it was one heck of a strong cord to not collapse. The second was fine after the chord was removed and they are now 20 years old and wonderful. My Dr said at the time how incredibly rare they were and how I may not carry them to full term. I made sure and took it easy and if I dropped something in the third trimester I never picked it up and I took the stairs very slowly. I knew all would be well and it was. I know it is rare for both momo twins to do well but it is very possible for them to do well like mine did.+37-2 [C-Shel] My twin and I were apparently mono-mono twins! We were born in 1972 and not only did my mom carry us to term, but actually 6 weeks over! What truly baffled the doctors is that, out of the seven different doctors she had, none of them ever suspected twins, never mind FRATERNAL (boy/girl set) twins!!! We are in military medical history books because we were fraternal, had only ONE set of amniotic sacs (inner and outer), one placenta, and one umbilical cord attached to the placenta that split into a "Y" and attached to each baby. They ran so many tests on that cord, checking for two cords twisted tightly together to seem as one, looking for scar tissue thinking maybe one twin implanted into the other's cord rather than the uterus, you name it. Everything came back negative = one cord, one placenta, of set of sacs! And we weighed 5lb, 8oz (me) and 6lb, 3oz (him) which also amazed the docs. They couldn't believe our weights for undetected twins! We were both healthy and went home with Mom and Dad at 3 days old. Weird but totally true! I don't know if it can be looked up on the internet since it was a military birth, but I intend to try and see if it's actually available and what further studies may have turned up. We were born Sept. 29, 1972, me at 12:22pm, and him 16 minutes later at 12:38pm at March AFB, Riverside, CA. Mom said she was mad 'cause she missed lunch! LOL +30-4 Are they lesbians? -2 Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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