New mom had no idea she was having twins until doctors saw a second head coming out
A first-time mom from Michigan reportedly didn't know she was having twins until doctors spotted a second head.
A first-time mom reportedly discovered she was having twins during a 47-hour labor when doctors spotted a second head.
Nicole Ziesemer, 31, and her husband Matthew, 34, had only just been introduced to daughter Blakeley when doctors realized she was still in labor.
They reportedly spotted “another head” as they went to stitch her up post-birth, and baby Cade was born 59 minutes later.
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The couple had a "natural pregnancy,", and only had one scan on the day she went into labor - but it's thought Cabe was "hiding" behind his sister, so he wasn't spotted.
Ziesemer, from Grand Haven, Mich., is now home with her family and said she now can't imagine just having one baby.
"It was crazy. We were over the moon but in utter shock," Ziesemer, who worked in insurance before becoming a stay-at-home mom, said. "There were really no signs that I was carrying more than one baby, in fact people said how small I was. We thought the biggest surprise was going to be the sex of the baby, little did we know!"
New parents Nicole, 31, and Matthew Zisemer, 34, were over the moon to be introduced to their baby daughter, Blakeley, when medics announced that they could "see a second head." (SWNS)
"It was really scary when they said that something else was inside me," she said. "And when they told us that it was another baby I literally asked her if she was lying! I just couldn’t take it all in and was still in so much pain that it was almost impossible to process."
"But I really can’t imagine having just one baby now. It’s like they were meant to be," she said. "I love the thought that they’ll always have each other."
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Ziesemer had planned a natural home birth with just a midwife present but had to go to the nearest hospital - Gerber Memorial, Michigan - when her water broke at just 36 weeks.
The first-time mom had severe morning sickness throughout the pregnancy and decided to forgo painkillers in favor of breathing exercises, a yoga ball and cool showers.
She didn't have any scans throughout her pregnancy, apart from one on the day we went into labor.
After being in labor for over 45 hours the expectant mom opted for an epidural, and after another two hours Blakeley arrived, at 10:06 p.m. on Dec. 30, weighing 4 pounds, 4 ounces.
But doctors grew worried as instead to the pain subsiding, Ziesemer was still in agony after the delivery. While medics were trying to retrieve her placenta, it became clear something wasn't quite right and decided to do an emergency ultrasound.
Ziesemer gave birth again 59 minutes later, to a baby boy, weighing 5 pounds.
Baby Cade, who was having difficulty breathing on his own, was rushed straight off to nearby Spectrum Hospital, in Grand Rapids.
"Over the next few days my husband was primarily with Cade while my daughter and I stayed in for observations," Ziesemer said. "We were still reeling from the shock and just trying to get our heads around it all. But primarily all we wanted was for them both to be strong and healthy."
"The craziest thing is that on the day I went into labor I did have a scan but it only picked up the one baby," she said. "They think that Cade must have been hiding right behind his sister."
When allowed home, the couple, who met online in 2012, went shopping for duplicates of all the baby equipment that they’d previously purchased for just one.
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The couple have since been told that twins and triplets run in her side of the family.
"It was amazing to hear that it’s a bit of a family tradition, my grandma’s cousins apparently had twins and triplets," she said. "People do ask us if we were to have another baby ‘would we have scans this time?’ but I honestly don’t think we would. Unless there were any clear medical red flags, I’d do it just the same all over again."
"'It was truly was just such a surreal moment," Matt Ziesemer, a chiropractor, said. "I could not believe that my wife was carrying two children that entire time. My wife does an amazing job with the two of them. I really don’t know how she does it all day every day."