Rebecca Roberts: Meet Woman Who Got Pregnant While Being Pregnant Already

Rebecca Roberts

Rebecca Roberts: Meet Woman Who Got Pregnant While Being Pregnant Already

&NewLine;<p style&equals;"font-size&colon;25px">Rebecca Roberts and her partner Rhys Weaver for a year struggled with infertility then&comma; miraculously with the help of fertility medications&comma; Roberts found out she was pregnant last year — and&comma; while pregnant&comma; she got pregnant again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is not supposed to happen at all&comma; especially in humans&comma;” Roberts said on her Instagram page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2021&sol;04&sol;Rebecca-Roberts-woman-pregnant-twice-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Rebecca Roberts" class&equals;"wp-image-92513"&sol;><figcaption>Rebecca Roberts&colon; Meet Woman Who Got Pregnant While Being Pregnant Already&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But Roberts said she feels lucky it happened to her&comma; delivering her so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;super twins&comma;” who was born on the same day but conceived three weeks apart&comma; in September&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>She is only one of a handful of known cases of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;superfetation&comma;” and may hold the record for the longest time between conceptions&period; Past cases include women who conceived again 10 days after becoming pregnant the first time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Holding that title&comma; Roberts said on social media&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is really cool&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"PuJ-&lowbar;sLEvb0" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Three highly unlikely events have to occur for a superfetation to be possible<br>Superfetation occurs when a second egg is fertilized by sperm and implants in the uterus after another fertilized egg has already done so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It’s nearly impossible&comma; though&comma; because when someone gets pregnant&comma; their bodies release hormones to prevent ovulation or the release of another egg&period; Their bodies also block sperm from entering the cervix and release hormones to inhibit a second fertilized egg from implanting in the uterine wall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>All three of those mechanisms have to go wrong for superfetation to occur&comma; usually due to fertility treatments&comma; Healthline explains&period; Roberts said her fertility medications influenced her ovulation&comma; allowing her to ovulate again three weeks after her first conception&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Superfetation comes with risks since the fetuses are growing at different stages of the pregnancy&period; Roberts was told her younger child&comma; who they’ve since named Rosalie&comma; might not survive&comma; according to Good Morning America&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What came after getting pregnant was just such incredibly hard work&comma;” Roberts told GMA&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It wasn’t all happy and rainbows like you expect pregnancy to be&period; It was quite scary&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Roberts was induced at 33 weeks because a problem with Rosalie’s umbilical cord prevented her from growing properly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Roberts’ son&comma; Noah&comma; weighed four pounds&comma; 10 ounces&comma; and Rosalie weighed two pounds&comma; seven ounces&period; Both children spent time in the NICU&period; Right before Christmas&comma; the whole family was reunited at home&period; They’re all doing well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our babies are amazing&comma;” Roberts said on Instagram&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They are really special and I just feel so happy that I’m their mom and I get to share this amazing journey with them&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" style&equals;"display&colon;block" data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-6098654251180599" data-ad-slot&equals;"9741413754"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; 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Elisha Opoku-Fosu: Elisha Opoku-Fosu is a final year student of the University of Ghana, pursuing a degree in Fine Arts. Elisha is a fascinating celebrity writer. I also find local politics interesting and have plans of taking up a political task in the near future. You can contact me on Phone: +233242067933 or Email me on: ElishaOPF@gmail.com