Published 13:36 IST, December 1st 2019

12 sets of twins born in a span of one week in Missouri hospital

12 sets of twins born in a span of one week in Missouri hospital. Most of the babies were born prematurely and kept the neonatal care unit very very busy.

Reported by: Shubham Bose
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In just a span of one week, Saint Luke's Hospital in Missouri has welcomed 12 sets of twins. hospital has said that this was largest number of twins that hospital has ever h at one time. A nurse that works in neonatal intensive care unit of hospital told local media outlets that past week has been extremely busy.

Most of babies born prematurely

All of 12 sets of twins were born between five weeks to 14 weeks and were born prematurely. All of children will be sent home from neonatal care unit at different times over coming weeks. New mom Amanda Tollifer said that her only goal was to ensure that her set of twins can go home for Christmas. families of twins come from various places including all over from Missouri and Kansas. Jen Williams, ar mom of a set of twins will likely have to stay at hospital for ar 11 weeks until her original due date.

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Despite hectic atmosphere at Saint Luke's, Tyler Williams, husband of Jena William h thing but praises for staff at Saint Luke's and said that all people working re h been fantastic and that family h experienced a good atmosphere in dealing with early birth. Kyla Anderson who is a nurse at neonatal care unit said that a sense of camarerie has grown between all parents that have welcomed twins. She ded that this has been a really special experience because moms and ds have met or families that have been going through same unique challenge of having twins.

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While number of twins being born at Saint Luke is currently very high, Centers for Disease Control said that in overall fewer twins are being born in recent years. number of twins born between 2014 to 2018 declined by four per cent. A nprofit called March of Dimes has also offered to provide classes to new parents of multiples in order to give m a chance to learn and bond toger.

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13:11 IST, December 1st 2019