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A photo of newborn twins appearing to hold hands has been shared hundreds of times in Facebook posts which claim a mother had a caesarean delivery as the sister was holding her brother's hand tightly. The claim is misleading; the US hospital where the babies were born said the caesarean was a pre-planned procedure for the safety of the monoamniotic twins, not because they were holding hands. The twins are girls, not a boy and a girl as the posts claim. Instead of giving birth naturally, they had to do a caesarean section, because the sister was holding her brother's hand tightly, reads a Facebook post from July 1 shared more than 700 times. Screenshot of the misleading post taken on August 9, 2021 Similiar Facebook posts were shared here and here . However, the posts are misleading. A Google reverse image search of the photograph led to this NBC News article from May 14, 2014, which features the same image. The article, which features the headline, Mom: Delivering Hand-Holding Twins Was 'Overwhelming' reports that the babies -- who were both girls -- were rare 'mono-mono' twins born at Akron General Hospital after surviving a risky pregnancy. Screenshot of NBC News article taken on August 9, 2021 Various other media outlets such as ABC News and CBC/Radio-Canada also reported on the delivery of the rare twins. A spokeswoman from Akron General Hospital in the US state of Ohio said the caesarean section was a pre-planned procedure and was not undertaken because the babies were holding hands. The babies were rare mono mono (monoamniotic) twins. This is a pregnancy in which twins share the same placenta and amniotic sac. This only happens once in every 10,000 births, internal communications and public relations manager Amy Kilgore told AFP. The C-section was scheduled because the babies were monoamniotic twins. We didn't know they were holding hands until they were delivered.
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