A British woman gave birth to two babies at the same time – which were conceived three weeks apart, according to new reports.
Rebecca Roberts, 39, was already pregnant with her son, Noah, when she became pregnant with her daughter, Rosalie, the Independent reported.
“We are really lucky. It’s so lucky to have twins, but to have such a special twin, it’s so beautiful, it’s amazing, they’re a blessing, ”Roberts told the outlet.
Roberts said she and her husband, Rhys, had gone to a fertility clinic in Bath, England, to get a drug to help with ovulation.
“During my first cycle on that drug, we got pregnant,” she told CBS News.
She did not expect two children until the 12-week scan for her first baby.
“I just had a talk with the sonographer about my previous scan, so she knew I was only having one baby, so she was so quiet. I thought something terrible had happened because she didn’t say anything, ”she told The Independent.
Then she looked at me and said, Did you know you’re expecting twins? My heart skipped a beat, I actually said to her ‘is it real?’
Roberts had become pregnant with the twins through a phenomenon known as super fetish.
It occurs when an egg is released from a woman’s ovary after she is already pregnant and implants itself next to the first embryo.
Superfetation – which produces what are known as ‘super twins’ – is very rare and there are only a few documented cases in the world, the outlets reported
Although her babies had different due dates, Roberts gave birth on the same day in September 2020, the outlets reported.
“They cannot be born separately as there is a huge risk of infection,” said Roberts. “It was strange, because Rosalie’s due date was three weeks after Noah’s.”
But she said she is grateful for the experience that taught her that “anything is possible.”
‘This shouldn’t have happened, but it is. The female body is great, ”she told CBS News.