I’m a first-time mum & my pregnancy is super rare – I’m having twins but shocked to discover I’m having two sets
A FIRST-TIME mum has been left shocked after discovering she’s pregnant with two sets of twins.
Ebony Apps, 23, from Kempsey, Australia, and her partner Jayden Cornish, 21, are due to become parents this April.
The pair had recently suffered two miscarriages and recalled the moment they found out they were having their rainbow quadruplets on Sunrise on Thursday morning.
“It was very shocking, but we are obviously very excited and feeling very blessed about the whole situation,” Ebony said.
Jayden revealed that at the time of the first scan, they were told to expect twins – but on their fourth doctors appointment they received life-changing news that they were expecting four babies.
‘It was a massive shock. It’s only started to hit me in the last two weeks,’ he said.
Despite it being a dream come true for the couple they are overwhelmed by the expenses they’ll face.
‘Over the moon’ with the news of quads, the mum has set up a GoFundMe page to help with the costs.
“But [we] are overwhelmed with the upcoming expenses we will face,” she wrote on the page.
“Any donations will be greatly appreciated and put towards creating our new life with our four babies.”
The young mum-to-be said her pregnancy is very rare as she is expecting two sets of identical twins..
‘No-one’s really seen it. All the ultrasound people, they were working for about 30-something years in the field and they have never seen it,’ she said.
Identical twins happen when a single egg is fertilised reports the NHS.
The egg then divides in two, creating identical twins who share the same genes.
This means Ebony had two eggs fertilised and both split into two.
While multiple babies brings lots of joy, Director of the Australian Multiple Birth Association Silje Andersen-Cooke also revealed they bring unavoidable challenges.
Speaking to the MailOnline, they said: “‘Women pregnant with higher order pregnancies are susceptible to every pregnancy risk. They have to go on maternity leave sooner and something like 98-100 per cent of babies are born prematurely.”
Ebony’s mother Sonia Hadley said her daughter’s pregnancy brought a big cost as every item purchased has to be multiplied by four and she admitted it was ‘overwhelming’.
“It’s an embarrassment to the government that a person expecting multiples has to start a Gofundme page,” Ms Andersen-Cooke said.
“Why don’t we help parents of multiples enough?”
Plus, one mum reveals how she gave birth to twin girls on different, days in separate months on different years.
Kali Jo Scott gave birth to her first daughter Annie Jo at 11:55pm on December 31, 2022 and her second baby Effie Rose arrived at 12:01am on January 1, 2023.
The 38-year-old said: “I love the unique aspect that they get to go forward with a little bit of individualism right out of the gates,” Kali told Good Morning America after their birth.
“We had joked at that point, once we realised that we weren’t going to leave the hospital without babies, that wouldn’t it be funny.
“We had a couple friends who said the same thing and then it ended up happening that way.”
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