woman pregnant with two babies, not twins

[Amby 490]

Imagine Todd and Julia Grovenburg’s surprise when doctors found not one, but two babies on Julia’s ultrasound – and then told the parents the babies weren’t twins, ABC News reported.

Doctors think Julia and Todd conceived baby girl Jillian first, and two-and-a-half weeks later conceived baby boy Hudson, according to statements from KFSM-TV in Ft. Smith-Fayetteville, Ark.

Jillian and Hudson have different due dates, and this rare development is called superfetation – when a mother conceives another child while pregnant.

“It does really sound like this is a true case of different conception times for these children,” said Dr. Karen Boyle of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. “When the woman had her ultrasound initially, they saw one sack, one baby developing, and that baby had a certain gestational age; then they noticed a second heartbeat in a child that was much, much younger developmentally.”

Boyle told ABC News she has only heard of 10 reported cases of superfetation.

However, superfetation cannot be absolutely determined until after the babies are born, and doctors are able to conduct chromosomal and metabolic tests on the babies.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555062,00.html

[Marina-Del 10]

Hahaha....

it's like when you hear of babies that have different dads who were born at the same time. I wonder if that has actually ever happened, this case proves that it could, but if it has it must be really rare!

The kids will have to be born at the same time though. When the mother goes into labor for the first the other will come out as well of course, good thing they are only 2.5 weeks apart!

[Niels Bohr 72]

Moral of the story, wear a condom if she's pregnant.

[Marina-Del 10]

Well, I assume the family is okay with the fact that she's preggers with two babies

Moral of the story: Wear a condom if she's pregnant and she's not your wife, but someone elses!

[Nagishkaw 510]

it's like when you hear of babies that have different dads who were born at the same time. I wonder if that has actually ever happened,

Well, dog breeders do it all the time, why not with humans. It is proven through DNA testing.

[S and S 12]

lol, I saw this article this morning. That will be a funny story to tell the kids when they are old enough and confusing to explain that they actually are not twins.