Sarah Thistlethwaite and her husband, Bill, were once told they probably wouldn't be able to have children.
But during her 19th week of pregnancy, the couple received a double dose of news.
The couple also learned the babies were rare mono mono twins, a pregnancy that happens once in every 10,000 births, in which twins share the same placenta and amniotic sac.
"I've been practicing high-risk obstetrics for about 35 years and I've seen less than 10 cases," Dr. Justin Lavin of Akron General Medical Center told Scripps.
Sarah, an eighth-grade teacher, said she was stunned by the news.
"We were so excited that we were having twins and so that was great, and then you have the flip side of it that I knew I would have to be in the hospital for eight or nine weeks," Sarah told Scripps.
On her 58th day in the hospital, she delivered the twins by Caesarean section . The couple named their daughters Jenna and Jillian. They were born at 33 weeks, holding hands.
Doctors said Friday the babies appeared to be doing well.
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