An Australian woman got pregnant with twins. While this may not sound as an unusual story, the interesting part is that she claims she got pregnant twice in 10 days. Another interesting part is that the woman was told she might never conceive.
Kate Hill, however, went through "superfetation." According to the medical rarity, it is possible to get pregnant while a woman is already expecting. Kate had a complication related to her pregnancy since she was suffering from the polycystic ovarian syndrome. The hormonal condition does not allow women to ovulate.
Hormone treatment helped Kate immensely and, despite having unprotected sex only once with her husband Peter, she got pregnant with twins. She claimed that she got pregnant twice in 10 days. The Brisbane mother gave birth to two baby girls, Charlotte and Olivia, who are non-identical twins. The girls are 10 months old now and have different blood types.
When a woman gets pregnant with twins, she needs more tests, scans and antenatal appointments. According to Baby Centre, women with twins may have stronger pregnancy symptoms. Women may also have spotting or light bleeding during the early phase of the pregnancy.
In most twin pregnancies, women release two eggs simultaneously. In some cases, fertilized eggs split into two parts. But, the monthly cycle of ovulation stops as soon as a woman conceives. That is why it is extremely rare for a woman to get pregnant while she expecting. Kate's pregnancy is so rare that she is now one of the ten documented cases in the world.
"We actually did not realize how special that (form of conception) was until they were born," Seven Network quoted Kate as saying. "What makes this case even more rare, is that my husband and I only had intercourse one time - his sperm stayed alive for 10 days to fertilize the second egg released."
Kate is aware that the condition is extremely rare. But, her pregnancy rewrote Australia's medical history. When she gave birth to the baby girls, they were different in weight, size and gestational development. According to Kate's obstetrician Dr. Brad Armstrong, the condition is so rare that he could not find any literature related to the case in medical review sites. He had to Google for more information about the rare condition.
