Pregnant twice on the same month

One day, when the husband is back from work, his wife said to him "Honey, Doctor said I'm pregnant!". The husband jumps with joy, went back to work, feeling excited and energetic. Two weeks later, when he reached home after work as usual, his wife said "Honey, I've another good news, I'm pregnant again!". Now the husband is really confused. Nothing wrong with her first pregnancy, the fetus is still growing while she got pregnant again few weeks later. Impossible? It turns out women can conceive again even if they're already pregnant, but the odds are a million to one! Superfetation occurs when eggs from two different menstrual cycles are released and fertilised separately.

Such is the case with Amelia Spence when she went on producing eggs despite having already conceived Lia. She got pregnant again with Ame three weeks later and both babies grew side by side. Shocked medics at Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital only discovered the existence of the non-twins at the 12th week scan. The scan images show Lia taking on the distinctive shape of a baby with clearly defined features and limbs while Ame appeared as a tiny spot on the screen.

Doctors feared at least one of them could have died due to numerous potential complications. They eventually decided Amelia should undergo an emergency Cesarean on April 16 2007. Tiny Ame was born first despite being conceived second. She weighed 4lb 13oz after just 29 weeks in the womb and minutes later she was joined by 6lb 11oz Lia who had been 32 weeks in the womb. Because of the unusual nature of the new arrivals, George Herrity, 33, hit on the idea of naming them after mum Amelia's name split in two.

You may not hear another similar story again in your lifetime, since it's so rare. But Unbelievable Facts went on to dig deeper so that reading 2 similar stories at the same time making it much more rarer! Similarly, Superfecundation is the fertilisation of two or more ova but from the same cycle at a different time. The odds is still a million to one. Both Superfetation and Superfecundation are not to be confused with fraternal twins because although the babies are born at the same time, they are not twins of any kind.

Beverley Robson, 32, from Bishop Auckland, County Durham was still releasing eggs after her first conception and fell pregnant again two weeks later. Just like the first story, normally when this kind of dual pregnancy occurs, the second baby dies as the older gets better nourished in the womb. Remarkably, Beverley gave birth to healthy girls Leah weighing 6lb 6oz and Lara 4lb 4oz (pic).

Source : www.sundaymail.co.uk
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