When a woman becomes pregnant, she is often flooded with emotions. She may be excited, nervous, and sometimes even a bit lonely. Even though billions of women have delivered billions of babies, it can seem like no one understands how you feel. If you are experiencing a rare pregnancy, those lonely feelings often heighten.
Three moms bonded in 2022 while pregnant with rare monoamniotic twin girls called MoMo twins. All three sets were born within three months of each other at Atrium Health Care in North Carolina. Dr. Michael Jones helped deliver all six girls and claimed it will "never, never happen again."
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MoMo twins are extremely rare.
Atrium Health explained in a news release that MoMo twins account for just 1% of all identical twins and occur in 1 in 8,000 pregnancies. Jones said he had only seen three sets of this type of twins in his 32-year career as an OBGYN, and they were all simultaneously in 2022.
"The funny thing is we had three moms that were pregnant with MoMo twins all at the same time," Jones noted in the release. "That will never, never happen again."
The moms ended up in the hospital at the same time.
Summer Morrison told Good Morning America she had already spent a few weeks in the hospital during her pregnancy with her MoMo twins, Ada and Ivy, when she learned of another mom, Keaira Davis, who had just been admitted to the hospital during her MoMo pregnancy with Remi and Rayne.
"I remember sending my nurse a note like, 'Can you pass this note to her?'" Morrison told Good Morning America. I gave her a number to text me and tried to give her some encouragement and tips and things that I had been doing because I'd already been there for a while."
Davis was thrilled to learn of another mom experiencing such a rare pregnancy.
"Once I read her note, and I started thinking, I'm like, I don't even know where to start. I don't even know what to ask her," Davis told Good Morning America. "I didn't want her to feel overwhelmed with all my questions, because I [was] overwhelmed as well."
Just a few weeks later, a third mom entered the hospital with MoMo twins.
Vakoya Miller, pregnant with Raleigh and Saylor, told Good Morning America that when she found out about Davis and Morrison, she really wanted to talk to them but was nervous.
"I kept asking the nurses, like, 'Do you think she'll mind if I go over there and talk to her?" Miller said of Davis. "I was literally so nervous, but then I went in there and we just started talking. I was like, 'I have a million questions for you.'"
Miller was a first-time mom, and Morrison and Davis each had older daughters.
The moms bonded and helped each other through their pregnancies.
All three women had extended stays in the hospital because of the rarity and complexity of MoMo pregnancies.
"We recommend that these patients get admitted to the hospital at about 24 to 28 weeks for a more intensive monitoring of the babies, just to watch their heart rates to make sure that they're not dropping because of a significant cord entanglement," Dr. Kelecia Brown of Atrium Health Women's Care Maternal Fetal Medicine explained in the news release.
Morrison said the hospital helped her feel at ease. "Once I was admitted to the hospital, I felt a lot better because I was being monitored nonstop," she shared in the release.
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The women got together for a big reunion this fall.
The moms, babies, and Jones, met up in October 2023 to laugh and reminisce about their incredible journeys to MoMo twin motherhood. All six babies are happy and healthy. Their births were a highlight in Jones' career.
"They spent a lot of time together and they spent a lot of time with us," Jones said via Good Morning America. "The picture of all them in my lap, I think that's my favorite picture of all time. It makes me cry almost every time. It's absolutely special."
