A 31-year-old mom has given birth to two babies in a span of 10 months. Kimberley Smylie from New Zealand has been trying to get pregnant with her husband Jason for six years.
The couple tried to conceive both naturally and through IVF but only had success with the latter treatment in 2015. The couple said that it had been their last shot at IVF and if nothing came out of it then they would have to give up on the idea of having children for good.
Kimberley, thankfully, gave birth to a baby boy they named Jack on Jan. 16, 2016. He was born premature at 35 weeks following a difficult pregnancy for the mother.
A surprise, however, came soon after Jack was born because Kimberley found out she was pregnant again. This time the baby was conceived naturally.
"The midwife told us you can get pregnant naturally after IVF," Kimberley said, according to Daily Mail. "But after years of trying we thought we couldn't conceive so we weren't worried about using contraception," she added.
On the 29th week of her second pregnancy, however, Kimberley started leaking water and thus was placed under hospital care for careful monitoring for a few more weeks. She and her husband eventually welcomed Sam on Nov. 25, 2016, just 10 months after Jack was born.
"There was meant to be a year between them, Sam's due date was Jan, 21, 2017, but he came early," the mom said, according to Stuff New Zealand. NICU staffers at a Christchurch hospital were astonished at the turn of events.
"We'd been there only ten months prior, so there were a few surprised faces to see us back again so soon," Jason said. It looks like their two babies, however, are doing fine and healthy despite the circumstances of their birth.
Meanwhile, to have more time with her babies Kimberley decided to quit her job and start a home business. She also created The Modern Mummy Lifestyle on Facebook to document the baby's development.
