Woman who had no idea she was pregnant gave birth to twin girls

October 17, 2014  22:25

An Iowa woman had an eye-opening experience last week when she went to the doctor for a stomach ache and gave birth to rare twins in the hospital hours later.

According to Dailymail.co.uk, Shelby Magnani and her fiancé James Croskey of Ankeny, Iowa had no idea Shelby was six-months-pregnant with one child - let alone two, Dailymail.co.uk reports.

Ava and Anna were born by C-section last Thursday weighing just four and three pounds each.

'I had really sharp pain in my left side and went into the doctor, and they said we think you might be pregnant. They told me I was six months and told me to get down to the ER. They did an ultrasound and told me it was twins,' says Shelby Magnani of the whirlwind experience. 

Not only was Shelby pregnant with twins, but she was pregnant with a rare form called monoamniotic twins who only have a 50 per cent survival rate because they share the same placenta and sac which can lead to complications.

Magnani said that she realizes just how lucky she is that her children are alive and doing well.

The twins will spend the next several weeks in the NICU at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines but other than some monitoring are expected to be okay.

'I`m still trying to process. It`s crazy how high risk mono-mono twins can be, and how good they`re doing now, it`s really a blessing,' says Magnani.

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