Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant, gives birth to twins

Source: The Hill | April 9, 2021 | Jenna Romaine

“It just doesn’t happen,” obstetrician David Walker said.

After struggling with infertility for years, 39-year-old Rebecca Roberts and her partner were thrilled, though a little shocked, when an at-home pregnancy test came back positive.

During her first sonogram appointment, the obstetrician noted she was carrying a single baby and everything looked normal. Then a second surprise came.

When Roberts, who lives in Wiltshire, England, returned five weeks later for her 12-week ultrasound, she received some shocking news. She told the Washington Post, “The sonographer looked at me and was like, ‘do you know you’re expecting twins?’”

However, she wasn’t carrying your quintessential set of twins. Roberts was diagnosed with a rare condition known as superfetation, where a woman who is already pregnant conceives a second baby.

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A full-term baby is typically delivered around 40 weeks, but at 33 weeks doctors found the younger fetus’s umbilical cord wasn’t functioning correctly and decided the babies had to be delivered.

Roberts had a Caesarean section on Sept. 17, 2020, to deliver both babies. The oldest, Noah, was 4 pounds, 10 ounces, and the youngest, Rosalie, was 2 pounds, 7 ounces.

Due to their premature state, both babies were taken to the neonatal intensive care unit, where Noah spent three weeks and Rosalie for 95 days.

Now, healthy and at home, Roberts tracks the twins development via Instagram.

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