Fresno twin nurses share pregnancy joy after infertility and loss

A Fresno twin pregnancy story that began in a hospital corridor and spread to TikTok has drawn more than six million views, but the deeper headline is two sisters who spent years fighting infertility before finally finding themselves expecting four weeks apart.

Averi Mitton and Ali Hamel, fraternal twins and critical care nurses at Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno, have spent their lives close enough that patients and doctors sometimes confuse them. That likeness has long been part of the family story, but for the sisters it became more meaningful when both began building families of their own after years of uncertainty.

Hamel’s path was the harder one. She was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor in 2021, a condition that can interfere with hormones tied to reproduction because the pituitary gland helps regulate growth, metabolism, stress response and fertility. Mayo Clinic says prolactin-producing pituitary tumors can make it difficult to get pregnant. Hamel had surgery to remove part of the tumor, hoped the struggle would end, and instead went through years of infertility before suffering a miscarriage in 2025.

After multiple rounds of fertility treatment, Hamel finally got the result she had been waiting for during a fifth round. She recorded her reaction for TikTok, and the video later drew more than six million views and over 900,000 likes. What had been a private victory became a public window into a struggle many Fresno-area women face quietly, including the emotional toll of repeated treatment, loss and waiting.

Mitton and Hamel are now expecting just weeks apart. Mitton is due with a baby girl in October 2026, while Hamel is expecting a baby boy in November 2026. The sisters say they are sharing symptoms, support and advice, with Mitton helping guide her twin through pregnancy after going through it herself.

Their story also reflects the setting where they work every day. Community Medical Centers says Community Regional Medical Center is home to the only Level I Trauma Center between Los Angeles and Sacramento, and the hospital’s neurocritical intensive care unit has earned a Beacon Gold Award of Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. In that high-acuity world, the twins are used to caring for others. Now, after years of infertility and loss, they are preparing to welcome their own children within a month of each other.