Rare 'mono mono' twins doing well in Ohio

罕見的“單聲道單聲道”雙胞胎俄亥俄州

In this May 9 photo, Sarah Thistlethwaite holds her twin daughters, Jenna and Jillian, after her delivery of the monoamniotic twin girls at Akron General Hospital in Akron, Ohio. 在這個5月9日的照片，莎拉持有蘇思偉她的雙胞胎女兒詹娜和吉利安，她在阿克倫城總醫院在俄亥俄州阿克倫交付monoamniotic雙胞胎女兒之後。 （法新社 ）放大圖片

AKRON, Ohio--Twin girls born with a rare condition in Ohio were breathing on their own and their mom said she and her husband were able to hold them on Mother's Day.

Sarah Thistlethwaite said babies Jillian and Jenna were removed from ventilators Sunday afternoon after they were able to breathe comfortably. She told The Associated Press that she and her husband Bill both held them for a while on Mother's Day.

“It's just hard to put into words how amazing it feels to know the girls are OK,” she said. “It's great to know that they're doing so well, and being able to hold them.”

The identical twin girls shared the same amniotic sac and placenta. Such births are called monoamniotic, or “mono mono,” and doctors say they occur in about one of every 10,000 pregnancies.

They were born Friday at Akron General Medical Center, grasping each other's hands when doctors lifted them up for their parents to see after delivery.

Thistlethwaite told the Akron Beacon Journal that was “the best Mother's Day present ever.”

“They're already best friends,” said Thistlethwaite, 32. “I can't believe they were holding hands. That's amazing.”

Jenna was born first at 4 pounds, 2 ounces and 17 inches, with Jillian following 48 seconds later at 3 pounds, 13 ounces and 17.5 inches.

They were moved temporarily to Akron Children's Hospital because they needed breathing assistance. Thistlethwaite expects to be released from Akron General on Tuesday, while the girls will remain in the hospital two to four weeks.

Dr. Melissa Mancuso helped deliver the twins, one of several amniotic pairs she has helped deliver in 11 years.

美國俄亥俄州阿克倫城 - 雙胞胎女孩出生在俄亥俄州的一個罕見的情況進行了呼吸對自己和他們的媽媽說，她和丈夫都能夠保持他們的母親節。

莎拉說蘇思偉嬰兒吉利安和詹娜從呼吸機取出週日下午之後，他們能夠呼吸舒適。她告訴美聯社記者，她和她的丈夫比爾雙方舉行了他們的母親節了一段時間。

“這只是很難言喻多麼驚人的感覺要知道女孩子都行，”她說。“我們很高興地知道他們正在做的這麼好，並能夠容納他們。”

對同卵雙胞胎女孩有著相同的羊膜囊和胎盤。這些嬰兒被稱為monoamniotic，或“單聲道單聲道，”醫生說，他們在發生大約每10,000懷孕之一。

他們出生在星期五阿克倫綜合醫療中心，抓對方的手，當醫生舉起他們，直到他們的父母分娩後見。

蘇思偉告訴阿克倫燈塔雜誌，這是“最好的母親節禮物吧。”

“他們已經最好的朋友，”鐵蘇思偉，32說，“我不能相信他們手牽著手。這是驚人的。“

詹娜在4磅，2盎司和17英寸第一個出生的，與吉利安隨後的48秒3斤，13盎司和17.5英寸以後。

他們暫時被轉移到阿克倫兒童醫院，因為他們需要呼吸協助。預計蘇思偉將在阿克倫一般於週二公佈，而女孩會留在醫院兩到四個星期。

梅麗莎曼庫索博士幫助提供對雙胞胎，幾個羊水對她幫助提供11年之一。