A British woman gave birth to two babies at the same time – who were conceived three weeks apart, according to new reports.
Rebecca Roberts, 39, was already pregnant with her son, Noah, when she conceived her daughter, Rosalie, Independent reported.
“It simply came to our notice then. It’s so lucky to have twins anyway, but to have such special twins, it’s so wonderful, it’s wonderful, I’m a blessing, “Roberts told reporters.
Roberts said she and her husband, Rhys, went to a fertility clinic in Bath, England, to get an ovulation drug.
“I got pregnant in my first drug cycle,” she told CBS News.
Only after the 12-week scan of her first child were she expecting two children.
“I had just had a conversation with the sonographer about my previous scan, so she was aware that I had only one child, so she was so silent. I thought something terrible had happened because he didn’t say anything, “she told the Independent.
“Then he looked at me and told me you knew you were expecting twins. My heart skipped a beat, I actually said “is this true?”
Roberts had become pregnant with the twins through a phenomenon known as superficiality.
It occurs when an egg is released from a woman’s ovary after she is already pregnant and implanted next to the first embryo.
Superfeiting – which produces what is known as “super twins” – is very rare and there are only a few documented cases in the world, media reported
Although her babies had different due dates, Roberts gave birth to both on the same day in September 2020, media reported.
“It could not be born separately because there is a massive risk of infection,” Roberts said. “It was weird, because Rosalie’s due date was three weeks after Noah’s.”
But she said she was grateful for the experience that taught her that “anything is possible.”
“It shouldn’t have happened, but it did. The female body is amazing, “she told CBS News.