Pregnant while pregnant? Texas mom gives birth to twins conceived a week apart.
“She said, ‘OK, there’s the heartbeat, nice and strong,’ and she's like, ‘Well, let’s check out the other one,’” Cara explained. “I cried. I was shocked.”This isn't a typical"twin" tale: The Winholds say their doctor told them that the boys were conceived about a week apart. It's a rare process called superfetation, when a second, new pregnancy occurs during an existing one.
According to Dr. Lisa Thiel, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Spectrum Health in Michigan, there are only a few confirmed cases. “Superfetation is when a second pregnancy implants a few days or weeks after an initial pregnancy occurs. A new egg is fertilized by a new sperm,”. “The reason this is so rare is because hormones are released by the woman’s body to prevent further ovulation and a thick mucous is created at the cervix to prevent any further sperm from entering the uterus at that time."
“Although they were born at the same time, they're technically twins. They were two different conceptions,” Blake said.Twins Colson and Cayden were born in October just six minutes apart, “but they look like different-age babies,” Blake said. Colson wears clothes meant for an 18- to 24-month-old child. Cayden wears meant for a 6- to 9-month-old.“It’s just kind of taught me to let things happen as they're supposed to,” Cara said.
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