A British woman has given birth to two babies at once, 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, the Independent reported.
“It simply came to our notice then. It’s so lucky to have twins anyway, but having such special twins, it’s very beautiful, it’s wonderful, they’re a blessing, ”Roberts said at the start.
Roberts said she and her husband, Rhys, had gone to a fertility clinic in Bath, England, to get a medicine to help with ovulation.
“In my first cycle on this drug we got pregnant,” she told CBS News.
It wasn’t until the 12-week scan of her first baby that she was expecting two children.
“I had just had a conversation with the sonographer about my previous scan, so she was aware that she only had one baby, so she was so quiet. I thought something horrible had happened because he didn’t say anything, “he told the Independent.
“Then she looked at me and told me you knew you were expecting twins. My heart skipped a beat, I actually said, ‘Is it real?’
Roberts had become pregnant with the twins through a phenomenon known as superfetation.
It occurs when an egg is released from the woman’s ovary after she is already pregnant and implanted next to the first embryo.
Superfection – which produces what are known as “super twins” – is very rare and there are only a few documented cases in the world, outlets reported.
Although their babies had different expiration dates, Roberts gave birth to both on the same day in September 2020, the outlets reported.
“They couldn’t be born separately because there’s a high risk of infection,” Roberts said. “It was weird, because Rosalie’s due date was three weeks after Noah’s.”
But he said he appreciated the experience that taught him that “anything is possible.”
“It simply came to our notice then. The female body is amazing, ”she told CBS News.