Twin sisters 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in Akron are defying the odds and winning the hearts of people everywhere. A photo of the new𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧s clutching hands is going viral. Jenna and Jillian Thistlewaite were conceived inside the same amniotic sac. A rare pair of’mono mono’ twin sisters were captured grasping hands mere seconds after 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡.

Jenna and Jillian Thistlewaite were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 with the same amniotic sac and placenta, which is known as a monoamniotic 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡, or’mono mono’ for short. Mono mono 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡s are extremely uncommon, occurring in only 1 of every 10,000 pregnancies. Jenna and Jillian were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 via Caesarean section in Ohio, United States, on Friday. And, as you can see in our video, the identical twins were grasping hands when the physicians held them up for Sarah and Bill to see. “It was staggering. I cannot even put it into words,” 32-year-old mother Sarah told ABC news. There were not a single watery eye in the entire operating room.

The twins were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 at 33 weeks, after Sarah had been on bed rest for nearly two months at Akron General Medical Center. Sarah had to be continuously monitored because it is possible for mono mono twins to become entangled in each other’s umbilical cords or for one twin’s body to compress the cord of the other.

Sarah and Bill were able to correctly embrace their daughters for the first time on Mother’s Day, which fell on Mother’s Day in the United States. Initially, the girls required special care to assist with their breathing, but on Mother’s Day, they were able to be held normally. Sarah stated, “It’s difficult to express how incredible it is to know the girls are safe.” It’s wonderful to hear that they’re doing so well, and being able to hold them on Mother’s Day was the greatest gift ever.