US woman celebrates birth of twins born 6 months apart and 1,400 km away
In an extraordinary motherhood story reported by The Sun, Erin Clancy, a 42-year-old construction company owner from New York, USA, has welcomed the arrival of twins born six months apart-one biologically hers and the other carried by a surrogate-based 900 miles (1448.41 kilometres) away in Illinois.??
What did the mother say??
"Holding my newborn Dylan in my arms, I couldn't believe it. He was perfect. I couldn't wait for him to meet his 'twin' who was due to be born in six months. I met Brian in January 2016 on an online dating site. Handsome and caring, he was just what I was looking for. Three years later, he proposed, and we married in September 2020. It was a beautiful day. We started trying to get pregnant in January 2021, confident it would happen easily, which it didn't," Erin told The Sun.
When did the mother start IVF??
Erin Clancy revealed that in June 2021, at the age of 39, she began IVF therapy. The first round was unsuccessful, and the second effort showed promise but ended in a miscarriage at seven weeks.?
Devastated and unsure of their future actions, particularly because the drug was causing severe headaches, she and her partner began to examine surrogacy as an option.
"After extensive research, we registered with an agency and, in May 2022, were matched with a surrogate. In August, I discovered I was pregnant but began bleeding at six weeks. We decided to continue with surrogacy. Both pregnancies were successful, and in May 2023, I gave birth to Dylan. In November, our surrogate delivered Declan. From infertility struggles, I became a mother to two healthy boys, filled with love and joy," she said.?
How are the two twins different??
The following day, the guys met for the first time, which was incredible. While I loved Declan, he didn't sleep and screamed a lot, making me feel awful about not carrying him.?
At two months old, he was diagnosed with a milk protein allergy, which explained everything. Strangers were perplexed by the age difference, and when I mentioned it on a forum, things really blew up.?
People went insane, shouting things like, "It must be a scam," and "How is this even possible?". The guys share such a close bond. Dylan loves to dance, and Declan adores our dogs.
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"When they're old enough, I'll tell them how they became brothers." I don't care what others think about the path we've walked," she said.?
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