Superficiality: the case of the pregnant and pregnant woman again

The case is something unusual and for this reason it has attracted the attention of media around the world. In the United States, a woman who had been looking for a child for a long time, had it and However, at three months of gestation, due to a process of superficiality, has been informed by his doctor that I had become pregnant again.

The story is that of Rebecca Roberts, 39, and Rhys Weaver, 43, the parents of these two babies. According to what was published by the channel CNN, they knew the first images of Noah, her firstborn, for an ultrasound between 7 and 10 weeks of pregnancy. But at 12 weeks, there was a surprise: an ultrasound showed that the baby was not alone, that he had a younger sister, his fraternal twin, Rosalie.

“I got pregnant when I was already pregnant, which was crazy … because it’s not supposed to happen.” Rebecca said about it. How did it happen? What happened is a process identified as superficiality and it is a strange condition. In fact, in 2008, a study found that there were less than 10 recorded cases worldwide.

According to the statements of the doctors to the couple, babies were conceived three weeks apart.

“They realized the baby was growing at a constant rate three weeks shorter than the first one, and that’s when they told me they believed it was a pregnancy of. superficialityRebecca explained, adding, “I couldn’t believe it but it happened and it’s lovely. It’s like winning the lottery. “

But it was not easy. The news filled them with fears and fears that the second baby would not grow enough. “Because he’s so much smaller he might have a problem and he might not survive. Usually this is the case. However, they said it was steadily increasing. It was a relief. It was a great relief. “

For his part, Rhys, the father, said: “I was happy to have a son, but even more so for the twins. We realized how unique and lucky we were ”.

By detailing the context in which this happened double pregnancy and out of time, gynecologist Lillian Schapiro has indicated that there are several reasons why this is a special case. Among them, he warned that “women usually ovulate only once per cycle and if fertilization is successful, the egg or eggs implant in the uterus and no further ovulation occurs.

“If a woman has twins, two eggs are released at the same time. And in the unusual case of triplets, these eggs are all released in a single ovulation. In Rebecca’s case, she ovulated again during that same cycle. Then another egg was also fertilized – it became another embryo – and the two were implanted in the uterus at different times ”, assured the doctor.

He also said that the surprise also occurs because when a pregnancy begins, the uterus is no longer a hospital site for implantation. “This second embryo has managed to implant and develop to a stage where we would not have thought it could. We almost never see two embryos start to develop at different times. It’s amazing”.

Noah and Rosalie were born in September 2020 by cesarean section. Both had to be admitted to neonatal intensive care units. She weighed 1.1 kilograms and he weighed 2.09.

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