‘Super fertile’ mum becomes youngest Brit to give birth to consecutive sets of twins

According to Mirror UK, a woman has beat odds of more than 700,000-to-1 to become the youngest mum in Britain to give birth to consecutive sets of twins – by the age of 21.

Supermum, Annie Gladstone, had her first pair four years ago and could now enter the record books after giving birth to healthy twin girls. Annie and fiance, Rich Porter, 26, conceived both pairs naturally and cannot understand their fertility, as neither of their families has a history of twins.

The full-time mum turned 22 just two weeks after non-identical twins, Georgie and Frankiee, arrived just five minutes apart on September 10. It makes her the youngest Brit to give birth to consecutive sets of twins.

The Royal College of Midwives had not heard of anyone in the UK having two sets of consecutive twins at such an early age, which are much rarer than having a pair separated by a single baby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annie, who now gets through 140 nappies a week, said: “We worked the odds out of more than 700,000-to-one, just because it’s so rare to not have a ‘filler baby’ between twins.”

“It’s obviously a record I never set out to achieve. I do feel blessed that my family feels absolutely complete at such a young age.”

“Now we’ve just got to get married.”

Annie always wanted another baby after daughter Lillie and son Jayden were born in April 2011, so was delighted when she realised in January she was pregnant again.

The couple’s joy turned to shock when they had the 12-week scan and were told they were expecting two new arrivals.

Annie said: “The shock took forever to get over. Rich went white and his jaw hit the floor.

“But now they’re finally here, I wouldn’t change them for the world.

“I mentally prepared myself for complete chaos at having four children under four, but luckily they are all very well-behaved – most of the time.

“It has actually been a help having twins before because I knew what to expect second time round.”

The family-of-six live in Farnborough, Hampshire, where Rich works as a warehouse manager.

While neither of them are from big families, without any history of twins, their double double blessing has brought them closer together.

The healthy new arrivals, who like their older siblings are non-identical twins, were born just five minutes apart after a very short labour.

Annie’s hectic routine is seeing her get through at least 20 nappies a day, and put on at least two loads of washing.

The couple do not plan to have more children.

Source: mirror.co.uk