A woman who miscarried and struggled to conceive has given birth to TWO sets of twins - despite having a 0.1% chance.
Alyssa Brooke, 32, miscarried after falling pregnant for the first time with her husband, Foster, 35, a teacher, and spent the next 18 months trying to conceive.
She started taking a fertility drug - progesterone - to help her ovulate and, to the couple's surprise, they found out they were expecting twins in December 2017.
After a rough pregnancy, little Kennedy and Finley were born at 32 weeks at 10:40am and 10:47am on June 11, 2018, both weighing 4lbs.
Two years later, Alyssa and Foster found out they were expecting twins again.
Alyssa Brooke, 32, miscarried after falling pregnant for the first time with her husband, Foster, 35, a teacher, and spent the next 18 months trying to conceive.
She started taking a fertility drug - progesterone - to help her ovulate and, to the couple's surprise, they found out they were expecting twins in December 2017.
After a rough pregnancy, little Kennedy and Finley were born at 32 weeks at 10:40am and 10:47am on June 11, 2018, both weighing 4lbs.
Two years later, Alyssa and Foster found out they were expecting twins again.
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00:00These are the fertility medications I was on when I had two sets of twins.
00:03No, you cannot buy them. They need to be prescribed. So, if you're here for that,
00:06just know you have to just go to a doctor. So, let's say you've been trying for a while,
00:11in fact, maybe over a year, and you go to a doctor and they send you to a fertility specialist.
00:15My fertility specialist tested my thyroid and she tested me for PCOS. Everything was totally normal.
00:20I just didn't ovulate. So, we kickstarted that with some progesterone the next month. I took
00:25Clomid. I ovulated twice in one month, and I ended up with twins on the very first round.
00:30That is super not common. So, like, don't expect that. My husband and I decided to try for a third
00:35baby. We went with a different drug that had a lower chance of twins. So, it's Fermara. It's been
00:41years. I have no idea. Because my OBGYN is a very wise woman, she put me on half of a dose first,
00:46and then it just didn't take. So, the next month, I went to a normal dose, and she also offered an
00:51ultrasound to see if I had ovulated, if there were any eggs or follicles, right? And I said,
00:56no, I have to pay out of pocket for that. Like, no way. So, again, I ended up with
01:01twins. I think the total cost between the doctor's appointments and getting the actual drugs,
01:07I would guess, was like $200. I don't know. That's like with the copay. The drugs were
01:16generic prescriptions, and they were like $12. Go get them.