Texas woman delivers 2 sets of identical twin boys; odds of such a birth are one in 70 million
Mother: Pregnancy didn't involve fertility drugs
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Posted: 02/19/2013
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HOUSTON - A Texas woman has beaten long odds in delivering two sets of identical twin boys.
The Houston Chronicle reports Tressa Montalvo delivered her quadruplets on Thursday -- Valentine's Day -- at The Woman's Hospital of Texas.
Experts say the odds of giving such a birth naturally are one in 70 million.
The 36-year-old Montalvo delivered sons Ace and Blaine at 8:51 a.m. Ace weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces, and Blaine weighed in at 3 pounds, 15 ounces.
Sons Cash and Dylan arrived a minute later -- Cash at 2 pounds, 15 ounces, and Dylan at 3 pounds, 6 ounces.
Montalvo says she and her 43-year-old husband, Manuel, planned the pregnancy but didn't use fertility drugs. In her words, "I guess we just succeeded a little too much."
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