The "city of twins" appeared on the map of Russia. So the inhabitants of Severouralsk (Sverdlovsk region) began to jokingly call this. In the provincial administrative center with a population of only 28 thousand people this year, 9 women gave birth to twins at once.
Imran and Tigran are just learning to walk and do not suspect that they glorified the whole of Severouralsk by their birth. They were born at the very beginning of the twins boom and became a surprise for mom and dad. After all, before that, the twins in the Ziyadov family were only in the signs of the zodiac.
- Well, completely unexpected! - the mother of the twins, Galina Ziyadova, throws up her hands. - My husband and I went to rest on Lake Bright. So we had a rest, we arrived. When I found out that we would indeed have twins, at first I thought they were wrong. When I knew for sure, there was no fear. We didn’t think how hard it would be to grow them, we just: is it really with me? is it really?
However, the wonderful water here, most likely, has nothing to do with it. The situation is exactly the same with Olesya Shurukhnova. She has already learned to distinguish between two-week old Kolya and Sasha. On the first walk, they were collected by the whole yard.
- Oh, I was shocked! - recalls the mother of the twins Olesya Shurukhunova. “We couldn't have children for so long at first. And then, on the ultrasound, when they said that they were twins, I came out with tears. I was just at a loss. Our husband's relatives had twins, and that was all.
The twins phenomenon was first noticed by the employees of the only registry office. They picked up the archives and realized that this had never happened in their memory.
- As many as 9 pairs of twins were registered, - Head of the Civil Registry Office of Severouralsk Tatiana Shumitskaya. - Of course, this is an event for our city. For the first time. This have not happened before. Here are the statistics - in 2008 it was three, in 2009 it was five, in 2010 and 2011 it was six, last year there were four.
All women became pregnant naturally - without IVF. Each childbirth went without complications, and healthy children were born. What this phenomenon is, doctors in antenatal clinics do not understand.
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“It’s very difficult to explain something concrete,” says obstetrician-gynecologist Iraida Frorikova. - It always happens in waves, like everything in our nature. Sometime less, sometime more. But we hope that everything will be fine with us.
There are still three months left until the end of the year - during this period the tenth pair should be born. In Severouralsk they are already joking - it's time to invite tourists to the city. Routes through provincial streets will be popular with couples who have always dreamed of walking with a double stroller.