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Ohio woman gives birth to rare ‘mono mono’ twins
Sarah Thistlethwaite was on bed rest for nearly two months before her new bundles of joy, identical twins Jenna and Jillian, entered the world. The little girls, who were born holding hands, shared an amniotic sac, something that only happens in one in 10,000 pregnancies.
A middle school teacher from Ohio got an extra-special Mother's Day gift this year.
Sarah Thistlethwaite, of Orrville, gave birth to rare identical “mono mono” twin girls on Friday after spending almost two months in the hospital.
The twins, named Jenna and Jillian, were born holding hands.
“It's definitely, truly a miracle,” Thistlethwaite told NewsChannel5.
Sarah Thistlethwaite gave birth to Jenna, right, and Jillian on Friday. The twins shared an amniotic sac in their mom’s uterus. Akron General Medical Center Sarah Thistlethwaite gave birth to Jenna, right, and Jillian on Friday. The twins shared an amniotic sac in their mom’s uterus.
Monoamniotic or “mono mono” twins share an amniotic sac. This kind of identical twins occurs in one out of 10,000 pregnancies.
Carrying “mono mono” twins is considered high risk because the babies’ umbilical cords may become entangled or compressed while they are in the womb, according to Akron Children’s Hospital.
Thistlethwaite, who has a 15-month-old son named Jaxon with her husband, Bill, didn't learn she was having twins until January.
“The ultrasound tech said, ‘Oh, there's two.’ And my husband said, ‘Two what?’” she told NewsChannel5.
Thistlethwaite entered the hospital in March. She was hooked up to monitors for 20 hours a day during the weeks leading up to her C-section.
“It's hard to be here, (but) we know in the end, we're going to end up with two twin girls and they're going to be healthy and everything is great,” Thistlethwaite said.
Then, after 57 days of bed rest, the girls were born. Jenna weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces while Jillian weighed 3 pounds, 13 ounces.
“It was so great to hear them both cry,” the now-mom of three told NewsChannel5.
The twins are doing well but, because they were premature, they will likely remain hospitalized for two to four weeks, according to a post on the Akron Children's Hospital's blog.
Thistlethwaite called her new daughters the “best Mother's Day present ever.”
Sarah Thistlethwaite was on bed rest for nearly two months before her new bundles of joy, identical twins Jenna and Jillian, entered the world. The little girls, who were born holding hands, shared an amniotic sac, something that only happens in one in 10,000 pregnancies.
A middle school teacher from Ohio got an extra-special Mother's Day gift this year.
Sarah Thistlethwaite, of Orrville, gave birth to rare identical “mono mono” twin girls on Friday after spending almost two months in the hospital.
The twins, named Jenna and Jillian, were born holding hands.
“It's definitely, truly a miracle,” Thistlethwaite told NewsChannel5.
Sarah Thistlethwaite gave birth to Jenna, right, and Jillian on Friday. The twins shared an amniotic sac in their mom’s uterus. Akron General Medical Center Sarah Thistlethwaite gave birth to Jenna, right, and Jillian on Friday. The twins shared an amniotic sac in their mom’s uterus.
Monoamniotic or “mono mono” twins share an amniotic sac. This kind of identical twins occurs in one out of 10,000 pregnancies.
Carrying “mono mono” twins is considered high risk because the babies’ umbilical cords may become entangled or compressed while they are in the womb, according to Akron Children’s Hospital.
Thistlethwaite, who has a 15-month-old son named Jaxon with her husband, Bill, didn't learn she was having twins until January.
“The ultrasound tech said, ‘Oh, there's two.’ And my husband said, ‘Two what?’” she told NewsChannel5.
Thistlethwaite entered the hospital in March. She was hooked up to monitors for 20 hours a day during the weeks leading up to her C-section.
“It's hard to be here, (but) we know in the end, we're going to end up with two twin girls and they're going to be healthy and everything is great,” Thistlethwaite said.
Then, after 57 days of bed rest, the girls were born. Jenna weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces while Jillian weighed 3 pounds, 13 ounces.
“It was so great to hear them both cry,” the now-mom of three told NewsChannel5.
The twins are doing well but, because they were premature, they will likely remain hospitalized for two to four weeks, according to a post on the Akron Children's Hospital's blog.
Thistlethwaite called her new daughters the “best Mother's Day present ever.”
