It is difficult to believe these infants are twins given their glaring differences in size. But even though they were born three weeks apart, they are ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ marvels.
Rebecca Roberts essentially became pregnant with Rosalie while already carrying Noah, a process known as “Sᴜᴘᴇʀғᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.”
Only a handful of these cases have been reported globally.
After two prior scans showed no evidence of a second fetus, Miss Roberts, 39, was surprised to learn she was expecting twins.
I didn’t even know it was possible to get pregnant again, she exclaimed.
Due to an issue with Rosalie’s umbilical cord, the twins were born by cesarean at 33 weeks last September. As a result, his sister was just 2 lbs 7 oz, whereas Noah weighed 4 lbs 10 oz.
Two and a half months after her twin, Rosalie received her final discharge and returned to Trowbridge, Wiltshire, around Christmas.
When the midwife last saw her, she weighed 71 b 4 oz. Sᴜᴘᴇʀғᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ may not actually exist, according to some specialists.
However, Miss Roberts, who has a business making children’s apparel and whose daughter Summer is 14 years old, had testing to rule out ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴀʟ ᴏʀ ɢᴇɴᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs.
A fertility medication she was taking may have led her to discharge an egg while already pregnant, she and her partner Rhys Weaver, 43, have been informed.
