The Houston hospital said the chance of giving birth to two sets of identical twins is about 1 in 70 million.
A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine's Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys, a Houston hospital said Monday.
The four brothers were delivered at 31 weeks to Tressa Montalvo, 36, via cesarean section at The Woman's Hospital of Texas, according to a news release from the hospital.
Tressa and Manuel Montalvo Jr. were not using any fertility drugs and had just hoped for a little brother or sister for their 2-year-old son, Memphis, according to the release.
"We planned the pregnancy — I guess we just succeeded a little too much!" said Tressa Montalvo, as quoted in the release.
AP Photos: Houston Chronicle: Brett Coomer. Texas woman gives birth to twin twins: Tressa Montalvo delivered two sets of identical twin boys on Feb. 14, 2013, Valentine's Day, at The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston. IMAGE
When Montalvo was 10 weeks pregnant, her physician told her she was having twins, and on a subsequent visit, the doctor detected a third heartbeat. The Montalvos were later informed they were having four babies — not quadruplets but two sets of twins.
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A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine's Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys, a Houston hospital said Monday.
The four brothers were delivered at 31 weeks to Tressa Montalvo, 36, via cesarean section at The Woman's Hospital of Texas, according to a news release from the hospital.
Tressa and Manuel Montalvo Jr. were not using any fertility drugs and had just hoped for a little brother or sister for their 2-year-old son, Memphis, according to the release.
"We planned the pregnancy — I guess we just succeeded a little too much!" said Tressa Montalvo, as quoted in the release.
When Montalvo was 10 weeks pregnant, her physician told her she was having twins, and on a subsequent visit, the doctor detected a third heartbeat. The Montalvos were later informed they were having four babies — not quadruplets but two sets of twins.
to read more....
http://news.msn.com/us/texas-woman-gives-birth-to-2-sets-of-identical-twins
