"I struggled to conceive then fell pregnant and had TWO sets of twins"

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Credit: SWNS / Alyssa Brooke  A woman who miscarried and struggled to conceive has given birth to TWO sets of twins - despite having a 0.1% chance.  Alyssa Brooke, 32, miscarried after falling pregnant for the first time with her husband, Foster, 35, a teacher, and spent the next 18 months trying to conceive.  She started taking a fertility drug - progesterone - to help her ovulate and, to the couple's surprise, they found out they were expecting twins in December 2017.   After a rough pregnancy, little Kennedy and Finley were born at 32 weeks at 10:40am and 10:47am on June 11, 2018, both weighing 4lbs.  Two years later, Alyssa and Foster found out they were expecting twins again.  Little Christian and Lennon arrived on July 13, 2021, at 9:38am and 10:05am, weighing 4lb 12oz and 4lb 13oz.  Alyssa said that she would love a fifth baby but Foster always jokes they couldn't handle another set of twins.

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00:00Let's say you've been trying for a while, in fact, maybe over a year, and you go to

00:09a doctor and they send you to a fertility specialist.

00:12My fertility specialist tested my thyroid, they actually tested me for PCOS, everything

00:15was totally normal.

00:16I just didn't ovulate.

00:18So we kickstarted that with some progesterone the next month, I took Clomid, I ovulated

00:22twice in one month, and I ended up with twins on the very first round.

00:31My husband and I decided to try for a third baby, we went with a different drug that had

00:37a lower chance of twins.

00:38Because my OBGYN is a very wise woman, she put me on half of a dose first, and then it

00:42just didn't take.

00:43The next month I went to a normal dose, and she also offered an ultrasound to see if I

00:48had ovulated, if there were any eggs or follicles.

00:52And I said, no, I have to pay out of pocket for that, like, no way.

00:55So again, I ended up with twins.

00:58I think the total cost between the doctor's appointments and getting the actual drugs,

01:02$200, I don't know.

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