I gave birth to twins on separate days

The most amazing thing happened to me in March of 1996. I gave birth to twin girls, on separate days! Sounds impossible right? Well anything is possible really.

The story was in the newspaper a day after the second baby was born. When the girls were in my stomach, there was a virus that was affecting one of my babies. Also, somehow, the umbilical cord was almost tied around my other baby’s neck.

The surgery took 2 1/2 hours to put it back into place without harming my baby. It was one of the scariest and strangest things I have ever seen.

On March 28th, 1996, I gave birth to Leanna Marie Bennett. She wasn’t in the best condition so they put her on live support straight away.

Then, two days later on March 30th, 1996, it was a true miracle. My second baby was born: Lillian Ann Bennett. The girls were both one month premature and were in life support for five weeks. It was so scary and I thought they weren’t going to survive, but I didn’t want to give up hope yet.

Now they are happy and healthy I hear, since they have been adopted. They were adopted at age 2 because I could no longer take care of them. I see them once a month and they are complete angels. I love you girls!

Carrie
Chicago, Illinois

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