Ashley Simons was desperate to have a child. She and her husband spent painstaking five years and thousands of dollars on fertility treatments before getting the news they’d been praying for.
Ashley was elated to discover she was pregnant with twin girls, Esme and Isla. But at 24 weeks, she began feeling strange and severe stomach pains at home.
The special education teacher felt something “drop down through my womb.”
She was going into premature labor.
After being rushed to the hospital, doctors tried stopping the labor process altogether, but couldn’t because Ashley was already fully dilated.
She knew the chances of both babies surviving was very low.
During labor, Esme had planted herself in the birth canal and lost her life.
Two more pushes and Isla was born with enough time for doctors to administer the life-saving medication she needed.
Now, Ashley’s pregnancy story is going viral — because she believes Esme acted as Isla’s guardian angel, sacrificing herself for her sister while still inside the womb.
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/twin-sacrificed-herself-sister/