Francesca Farago has revealed how a fan on Snapchat may have saved her unborn babies ’ lives. The reality TV star, who is currently fifteen weeks pregnant with twins via in vitro fertilization , opened up to E! News about the moment that led her to an unexpected diagnosis. Farago, 31, had already been consulting with a team of fertility experts and six OB-GYNs when she received a message from a fan over Snapchat.
At this point, the Too Hot To Handle star hadn’t expressed any specific concerns about her pregnancy on the app, but one woman reached out to offer a helpful suggestion anyway. “Someone messaged me and said, ‘Hey, I lost my twins at 21 weeks. You should go get your cervix checked,’” Farago said.
What did Farago do – immediately go to get her cervix checked. “It opened up a whole world of anxiety and stress and doctor’s appointments and specialists,” she said. “But it also opened up, potentially, me being able to save the babies in the future, me avoiding a miscarriage.
” From all appointments, Farago now knows she has a short cervix. “There’s something wrong with my uterus and my cervix, and I would not have learned that if it wasn’t for Snapchat,” she admitted. Heading into her second trimester, the fashion influencer plans to get a cervix cerclage.
According to Cleveland Clinic , the procedure helps to keep the cervix closed during pregnancy to prevent premature birth for women with a weakened cervix. “During this procedure, your he.
