“Miracle of Life: How One Woman’s Extraordinary Dual Pregnancy Led to a Rare Set of Twins!”
A Rare Occurrence
Dr. Walker discovered that what Rebecca was experiencing was a very rare occurrence called superfetation. It involves one pregnancy implanting after another has already happened.
In Rebecca’s case, she and Rhys conceived a second child three weeks after conceiving their first. The reason superfetation is so uncommon is that the hormones that are released during the first pregnancy typically prevent another from occurring. It is more common among women who undergo IVF, but there are still only a few confirmed cases.
An Extraordinary Pregnancy
Dr. Walker told Good Morning America that he was relieved to find out that it wasn’t his error that led to them finding out three months in that Rebecca was carrying two.
At the same time, he marveled at the extraordinary pregnancy, having never experienced a case of superfetation in his decades of practice. Rebecca was even more beside herself. She told Today that she was shaking so much that she nearly collapsed to the floor!
Was It The Fertility Drugs?
Dr. Walker explained that the fertility drugs that Rebecca was taking tend to cause the body to release two eggs at once. It would make sense that this could have occurred and one was fertilized separately from the other.
However, he isn’t convinced that was the case since there’s no way of proving that both eggs were released simultaneously. Plus, three weeks apart is a significant amount of time, especially given the hormonal changes that occur in early pregnancy.
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