A woman who believed her childbearing days was over has given birth simultaneously to not one but two sets of identical twins.
Ashley Ness saw her doctor earlier this year for a routine checkup and to seek birth control after experiencing four previous miscarriages. She had not anticipated being pregnant in the first place.
Ness told WJAR-TV, “That was a day of emotion right there.
Ness, 35, is already a mother to a girl from a previous relationship. They reside with her 47-year-old boyfriend Val, a light mechanic, and two of his 3 children.
The ultrasound technician gave a double-take before quickly exiting the room when she went back for the procedure two weeks later. It would turn out that the tech was searching on Google because she was so shocked by what she found. She returned and again examined the screen.
Since there is only the tech and me in the room, I glance at her and wonder, “Wait, hold on, am I having twins?” as she scans me and writes “, A B.” Ness reported to Boston.com. “Um, honey, you’re having four babies, she says. I was afraid I was going to faint.
Ness had planned to deliver them between August 9 and August 23, despite the fact that they weren’t due until October 18.
They were just 28 weeks and two days along, or 12 weeks early than a full term, when they were delivered by cesarean at 3:48 a.m. on Thursday, but People noticed that they were eager to meet the world.
Ness had been staying in the hospital since July 6 to make sure everything went smoothly. According to a spokesperson for Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the infants will spend the next eight to 10 weeks in the NICU.
The spokeswoman said, “It was a busy night, but everyone is doing okay so far and recovering.
Dr Ahmet Baschat, a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine who was not involved with Ness’s treatment, told People prior to the delivery that the likelihood of pregnancy like Ness’s is “like 1 in 10 million.”
It was one in 70 million possibilities, according to Ness. Whatever the case, it had a very low probability of happening, but it was still more likely than winning the Mega Millions.
The Center for Fetal Therapy’s director and a professor in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baschat, said that if the woman were to play the lottery and be this lucky, she would be extremely wealthy.
“I haven’t seen that variety. This is the first time I’ve heard that in my whole career, despite seeing a lot of unusual things.
The new mother feels extremely fortunate despite the fact that she and her partner may be in financial difficulty; going back to her part-time hairstyling job is out of the question.
According to Ness, who had a family with her partner, “I just kind of accepted that I was blessed with one child, and I took on his guys as my own.” So, thinking that my life was complete, I was shocked to learn that I was expecting a second child.
She could not help but notice the symmetry because she had lost four pregnancies—two before her now 8-year-old daughter and two after.
They all returned to me, Ness said to WJAR.
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Wow! What a blessing for her. But 4 at once! That is a challenge.