Woman gave birth to tragic twins after being told she wasn't pregnant

A woman unexpectedly gave birth to twins after being wrongly informed by her gynaecologist that she had miscarried, an inquest has heard. Omoniyi Komolafe had been undergoing IVF treatment but mistakenly believed that she had lost her pregnancy.

But a couple of months later Mrs Komolafe would unexpectedly give birth to twin girls at her home just hours after being discharged from the Royal Oldham Hospital. Tragically due to being just 19 to 21 weeks gestation the infants, referred to in court as 'Twin 1 Komolafe' and 'Twin 2 Komolafe', did not survive.

An inquest at Rochdale Coroner's Court has now examined the circumstances around their deaths. In April 2023, Mrs Komolafe and her husband, Ambimbola Komolafe, had engaged Dr Edi-Osage at the private clinic Aurora to start a course of IVF treatment.

After weeks of preparation they had flown out to Lagos in Nigeria in September 2023 where Mrs Komolafe would undergo embryo transfer. They made the decision to travel as it would be difficult find Afro-Caribbean donors in the UK.

On September 30, Mrs Komolafe had three embryos transferred and was advised that she should wait a few weeks before taking a pregnancy test. When she later took four tests all of them came back that she was pregnant.

Delighted, Mrs Komolafe made an appointment with Dr Osage for a scan. Up until the appointment on November 3, 2023, she told the court she had not had any significant issues, but at the appointment there was a problem.

Mrs Komolafe told the court: "We went into the examination room and Dr O did the scan and he said he couldn't locate any foetus." Senior Coroner Joanne Kearsley asked her: "Following that scan you were told that there was no pregnancy, is that correct?" to which she