US woman gets pregnant while being pregnant!

A US woman has baffled doctors after a scan showed her baby girl, and a second baby boy who was conceived two and a half weeks after the first. Both of the babies are developing side by side in her womb in an extremely rare case of ‘Superfoetation’.

Dr Karen Boyle, who works at the Greater Baltimore Medical Centre said: “When the woman had her ultrasound initially they saw one sack, one baby developing, and that baby had a certain gestational age”.

She went on to say, “Then they noticed a second heartbeat in a child that was much, much younger developmentally. It does really sound like this is a true case of different conception times for these children.”

Julia Grovenburg, the mum-to-be is thought to have conceived the second baby two and a half weeks after the first conception but it can only be confirmed after the births. Mrs Grovenburg’s obstetrician, Dr Michael Muylaert said: “This is an unusual and rare condition but the possibility is real. It can only be confirmed after delivery by chromosomal and metabolic studies on the babies.”

Although Superfoetation can be unsafe for the younger baby, experts say that the small gap of only two and a half weeks should not lead to any complications.

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