A “super fertileĀ» mother she conceived a second baby just four weeks into her pregnancy with the first, and didn’t realize it until after the babies were born. Sophie Small, 30, gave birth to her daughters, Holly and Darcy, in August 2020, initially believing the girls were twins.
However, the midwives were surprised by the different sizes of the babies. Darcy weighed 1.8kg, while Holly, who was born second, weighed 2.7kg. Doctors later discovered that the girls had actually been conceived a month apart due to a phenomenon where two embryos are formed during two different menstrual cycles. With hyperfertilization, the body releases two or more eggs during the same menstrual cycle. Each egg is fertilized by sperm, which may come from the same or a different partner or donor.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, āthis is so rare in humans that there are only approx 10 confirmed casesĀ». āIt’s so unique that when they happen, they happen often front pageĀ» is stated on the clinic’s information page.
Small, who is one of the few women who have experienced the phenomenon, said, according to the nypost.comthat her pregnancy was “horribleĀ». He suffered from extreme morning sickness and once had to be hospitalized eight times in seven weeks.
“I was carrying two babies who were developing at different stages, but we didn’t know that” said the mother. āThey couldn’t understand why I was so sick. I was expecting twins, but one was bigger than the other.”
“They had their own sacs and placentas so they could feed when they wanted“, explained. “But the doctors couldn’t figure out why one girl was bigger than the other.” Only after the girls were born with such a significant difference in size, doctors did tests and found that the babies were not twins at all.
I got pregnant twice in 28 days ā and had both babies on the same day https://t.co/GlucrzBQGZ pic.twitter.com/yegTgHGZKT
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THE Holly was born with cerebral palsy, which affects the right side of her body, and it is unclear if this condition is a result of the phenomenon. In the meantime, Darcy’s stomach had not developed properly upon her arrivalsince he was born prematurely at 32 weeks.
Source: News Beast

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