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Mom with Coronavirus Gives Birth to Twins While in a Coma

A pregnant woman with twins was having trouble breathing when she found out she had also contracted coronavirus.

Monqiue Cook was eight months pregnant when she began having shortness of breath.


"My contractions started coming two minutes apart, so I knew something was wrong," Cook told “Today.

She was rushed to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, placed in the intensive care unit and administered a COVID-19 test. After getting the positive diagnosis, doctors told her they would need to perform a C-section.

Cook said the last thing she remembers was counting backwards from ten and then waking up five days later.

"The worst part of that waking up, I look down and I have no big stomach, no babies," Cook added. "I remember asking, 'Where are my babies?' That's when the young nurse said, 'Oh, your babies, they're fine.'"

While her twin daughters, August Sky and Angel Renee, were born on March 24th, Cook had to remain in isolation after coming out of the coma.

Cook’s husband brought her photos of the newborns so she could see what the girls looked like as she recovered.

Following 11 days in isolation and then being quarantined upon being discharged, she was finally able to meet her daughters.

"The moment that I got to hold them was great," said Cook.

Cook — who's also mom to daughters Isis, 17, and Winter, 4 - says her family is complete now that the twins are home with her.

Despite her ordeal, she hopes her story will give people hope amid all the grim statistics surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.

"People need to know that this is going to be okay," she said. "There is life after this."

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