In A Rare Case, Woman Delivers MoMo Twins After Already Giving Birth To One Set of Twins!
This is a rare pregnancy!
I am one of those people who adores kids! And especially, twins because my maasi has given birth to super cute twin girls, and I am obsessed with them! As much as I love playing with other’s kids, the thought of giving birth to my own scares me because I have heard stories that labour pain is not kind to anyone. On top of that, dealing with post-partum is not easy either. Amid this, I came across the news that a woman in the United States gave birth to another pair of twins six months after she already gave birth to one set of twins! This means she is now a mother of four infants all below one year of age! Can you even imagine that?
This phenomenon where two sets of twins are born consecutively is known as MoMo twins which is short for monoamniotic-monochorionic twins. As per reports, the woman who experienced this is Britney Alba. What is biologically special about these twins is that they share the same amniotic sac, fluid and placenta inside the womb. It is also interesting to note that MoMo twins are a rare occurrence meaning only one if every 35000 to 60000 pregnancies could result in them, as per reports.
Coming to the case at hand, Britney Alba gave birth to her first set of twins, a boy and a girl, in April 2022. Her second set of twins, two girls, were born in October 2022. At 25 weeks of pregnancy, Alba was admitted to the High-Risk Obstetrics Unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Such pregnancy leads to complications, and therefore, she was kept admitted for more than 50 days. The second set of twins was delivered at 32 weeks.
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It is so hard to imagine what Britney must be going through. But she and her little daughters managed to pull through, and everyone is hale and heart at home! This is a story worth telling for generations.
First Published: February 25, 2023 3:07 PM
