A mum was left speechless after she gave birth to her little girl, only to then have a surprise twin follow a couple of minutes later.
Lyndsey Altice, 30, and her husband Wesley, are the proud parents of two beautiful baby girls despite previous scans showing just one baby.
Incredible photos taken at the birth show the moment mum Lyndsey was handed a second baby that nobody knew was on the way.
Lyndsey, from Wisconsin in the US, wasn't completely unaware she had been carrying twins until she got into her birthing pool and 17 minutes later popped out Ada Maze and Billie June.
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The delighted mum says her only regret is that she wasn't able to get a photograph of Wesley's face when he saw the second baby being born.
Lyndsey said: "I was immediately suspicious when Ada came out so small, I had put on double the weight I did with my last birth so I didn't understand how she could be so tiny.
"When I had my son Django a few years previous, he was 9lbs and I put on less weight with him so it was really odd.
"There are no words to describe what I was thinking when I realised I was about to have another baby right there and then.
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"The next contraction was almost instant, I knew before the nurses started saying what they thought it was, I could feel the baby coming but could not communicate it through the contraction.
"The nurse thought it was the water sack which she hadn't seen happen before so we were all a bit confused.
"Then I felt it happening but I couldn't get the words out, I knew a second baby was coming and then two minutes later there she was.
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"The whole room went crazy, everyone was having conversations with each other, my husband was in shock, my sister was taking pictures and I don't think any of us had a clue how to feel.
"I was in pure shock too, I had a million thoughts that I couldn't process because I was completely overwhelmed so i just submitted to the moment, I think my face says it all.
"I must have set a world record for how many times someone can scream "oh my God" in 10 minutes.
"Now we have settled in we are so happy, I would not change a thing."
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Lyndsey she had no signs that she was carrying twins - and has even watched back an ultrasound recording to see if she can spot the second baby.
She said: "I found a midwife when we knew I was pregnant and through the whole pregnancy everything was just like when I had my son, I measured my fundal height which always matched what it would be for having one baby for each week I measured.
"I wasn't doing ultrasound because I wasn't a high risk so unless I needed too, if I felt something was wrong for example.
"When I did have an ultrasound with a sonographer, who did an extensive ultrasound of all four quadrants and it still didn't show Billie-June
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"I think because they were just checking fluid levels and not checking for a second baby, all they saw was that Ada had moved a little.
"I'm sure if they were looking for two babies, they would have found two.
"I even got a recording of the ultrasound and you just can't see a second baby at all, so even when I look, and know she's there, I can't see her.
"When I went into labour they hooked me up to the baby monitor and there was only a reading of one heartbeat."
The twins were born last July but the parents are only just feeling settled enough and ready to share their unbelievable story.
"When it first happened we were just having a total 'oh crap' moment," she explained. "But now that we have settled and we know how to look after twins we just love it.
"It's a total blessing in disguise, and the kids themselves are great, my son Django adores them and they all get on so well.
"I love looking back at the photographs because I think they show exactly how I was feeling, there's no hiding how I felt.
"I was a little worried about sharing the pictures because it's such an intimate moment, but I'm thrilled we have them, I look at them all the time.
"I'll show them to the kids when they're older, but maybe not all of the pictures."
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