A single mother who welcomed two “Mɪʀᴀᴄʟᴇ” pairs of ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ within two years, despite using birth control for the second pregnancy, has described how she ᴍᴀɴaged to become a mother of four at age 21.
At the age of 19, Kaitlin Brooks, 21, from Arkansas, US, was overjoyed to learn she was expecting ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ in March 2019. Denver and Dayton Brooks, her sons, were born in October of that same year. Despite using birth control, Kaitlin was sʜᴏᴄᴋed to learn she was Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ again just over a year later, soon after her kids’ first birthdays, and she gave birth to Pierce and Piper Brooks in August 2021.
The mother of four now asserts that because she releases two eggs during ovulation, a condition known as hyperovulation, she will probably conceive ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ every time she becomes Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ. The 22-year-old, who had her second set of ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ while using the pill, has promised to eventually get her tubes ᴄʟᴏsᴇd as a result. To help families who are unable to conceive their own children, Kaitlin, who called herself “lucky” to have two sets of fraternal ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ, said she is currently researching becoming a surrogate.
A month after the boys’ first birthday in November 2020, she learned she was expecting again. Kaitlin carried her second pair of ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ for 38 weeks and five days, and after a healthy pregnancy, gave birth to them. She also gave birth to a daughter, Piper Brooks, who weighed 6lbs 13oz, and another boy, Pierce Brooks, who weighed 7lbs 5oz. But this time, she went back home 24 hours after giving birth. People are quite sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇd when I tell them that I have two sets of ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ because I’m only 22 years old, she said.
I don’t want to have any more kids of my own. With the four I now have, I’m content. I’m not sure if having a tubal ligation at this age is a good idea. I was considering becoming a surrogate since I am aware that ᴍᴀɴy mothers cannot carry their own children; I consider myself fortunate to have been able to do so and to have done so twice with ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ. I’ve done a little research on that because it sounds fantastic. However, I simply wanted to put off doing that till the kids were older.
Source: dailylifeworld
