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'Medical marvel': Mom got pregnant while already pregnant
When a second, new pregnancy occurs during an initial pregnancy, it is called superfetation. For this to happen, another egg is fertilized by sperm and implanted in the womb days or weeks later than the first one. First, another egg needs to be released during an ongoing pregnancy. Also, the second egg must be fertilized by a sperm cell. Then, the fertilized egg needs to be implanted in an already pregnant womb. Since all these events are unlikely in normal situations, only a small number of superfetations has been confirmed.
Recently, a British mom gave birth to “super twins” she conceived three weeks apart. In fact, baby Noah spent his earliest weeks all alone. Three weeks later, he was joined by a little sister, baby Rosalie, whose existence hadn’t been known until week 12. What a surprise! Though they were conceived at different times, they are considered twins as they were born at the same time. But when they came out, the boy was six weeks earlier than the normal due date and weighed just two kilograms, quite small for a baby boy. And for the girl, it was nine weeks early, so her weight was only just above one kilogram, extremely small. Fortunately, both of the twin babies are healthy and seem to enjoy their company.
Enjoy watching the video to learn about this super-rare pregnancy called superfetation.
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