Rare 'mono mono' twins beat the odds and are now thriving
Ohio mom Carrie Zirbes was told she was expecting extraordinarily rare monoamniotic twins. After careful hospital monitoring, daughters Fiona and Phoebe are now healthy, active toddlers.
Carrie Zirbes, already a mother of three, was stunned to learn she was expecting monoamniotic — or "mono mono" — twins, a condition that occurs in roughly 1 in 10,000 pregnancies. Unlike most twins, mono mono babies share a single placenta and a single amniotic sac, which means their umbilical cords can tangle.
Because of that risk, doctors placed Carrie on hospital bed rest so the pregnancy could be watched closely around the clock. The survival rate for mono mono twins is roughly 70%, and every week of careful monitoring mattered.
Her daughters, Fiona and Phoebe, arrived safely and have kept thriving ever since. As they approached their first birthday, the girls finished a course of physical therapy — small for their age, but with no developmental issues, and by every account active, happy and full of personality.
Carrie's family calls it nothing short of remarkable: a high-risk pregnancy that, with patience and close medical care, turned into two healthy little girls.
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