Has anyone ever gotten pregnant twice?

While double pregnancies are very rare, health experts say they can happen through a process called superfetation. This is when a second new pregnancy occurs during an initial pregnancy. Another egg is fertilized by sperm and implanted in the womb days or weeks later than the first one.

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Can a woman have 2 babies in the same year?

Irish twins is the term for siblings born in the same calendar year or within 12 months of each other.

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Has anyone ever gotten pregnant while pregnant?

This condition is called superfetation, when a new pregnancy occurs during an initial pregnancy and can happen days or weeks after the first one. A 30-year-old has given birth to twins after experiencing a “miracle” pregnancy. The story of Cara Winhold from Texas is now going viral.

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Is it possible to be pregnant with 2 babies?

Multiple pregnancy usually happens when more than one egg is fertilized. It also can happen when one egg is fertilized and then splits into 2 or more embryos that grow into 2 or more babies. When one fertilized egg splits into 2, the babies are called identical twins.

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Can you have two babies 9 months apart?

So, how many months apart are Irish twins? It's technically possible for two siblings to be as close as 9 or 10 months apart. After your pregnancy comes to an end, you'll start ovulating again before you have your first postpartum period.

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Superfetation: When You Get Pregnant... Even Though You're Already Pregnant

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Can you get pregnant while 7 months pregnant?

Superfetation is rare because, once a person is pregnant, changes in their hormones typically prevent their body from continuing to ovulate, Dr. Greves explained. But if a person does ovulate again—and if that egg becomes fertilized and implants in the uterus—they can carry a double pregnancy.

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What is the most pregnancies a woman has had?

It is claimed that Barbara Stratzmann (c. 1448 – 1503) of Bönnigheim, Germany, gave birth to 53 children (38 sons and 15 daughters) in a total of 29 births by 1498. She had one set of septuplets, one set of sextuplets, four sets of triplets and five sets of twins.

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What is the most babies pregnant with at once?

Most babies born at once

In 2021 a Malian woman named Halima Cissé gave birth to nonuplets — nine babies delivered from one pregnancy.

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What is the most babies a woman has been pregnant with?

According to a local monastery's report to the government in Moscow, between 1725 and 1765 Mrs Vassilyev popped out 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets, over 27 separate labours. The grand total: 69 children.

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How common is it to have 2 kids?

A plurality (41%) of moms at the end of their childbearing years now report having two kids, while just 14% have four or more children.

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Can siblings be born 2 months apart?

According to the Guinness World Records, the longest interval between the birth of twins is 90 days. 5 The former record was 87 days apart for two sisters born in 2012—who, ironically, were born in Waterford, Ireland.

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Is it safe to have babies 12 months apart?

For most women, it's best to wait at least 18 months between giving birth and getting pregnant again. This means your baby will be at least 1½ years old before you get pregnant with another baby. This much time gives your body time to fully recover from your last pregnancy before it's ready for your next pregnancy.

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Is second pregnancy easier or harder?

3 Reasons a Second Pregnancy May Be Easier

Labor is usually shorter. The average labor time for a first time mom is 8 hours. For a second pregnancy it's 5 hours. Suturing or episiotomies are less likely as your body has already stretched to accommodate the birth of a child.

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Are you very fertile after having a baby?

You can get pregnant as little as 3 weeks after the birth of a baby, even if you're breastfeeding and your periods haven't started again. Unless you want to get pregnant again, it's important to use some kind of contraception every time you have sex after giving birth, including the first time.

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How many tries does it take to get pregnant?

45% of young couples (under 35) will conceive after three cycles of unprotected sex. 65% of couples conceive after six cycles of unprotected sex. 85% of couples will conceive within the first year of regular unprotected sex.

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How common are multiple births in Australia?

In Australia, twins happen in 1 in every 80 births. This means that 1 in 40 Australians is a twin.

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How many babies can a woman have in her lifetime?

Women can reproduce for about half of their lifetime and can only give birth about once every year or so. So it makes sense that women can only have a fraction as many children as men. One study estimated a woman can have around 15 pregnancies in a lifetime.

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What increases chances of twins?

Factors that increase the chance of twins include: consuming high amounts of dairy foods, being over the age of 30, and conceiving while breastfeeding. Many fertility drugs including Clomid, Gonal-F, and Follistim also increase the odds of a twin pregnancy.

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How many pregnancies end naturally?

For women who know they're pregnant, about 10 to 20 in 100 pregnancies (10 to 20 percent) end in miscarriage. Most miscarriages - 8 out of 10 (80 percent) - happen in the first trimester before the 12th week of pregnancy.

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Why is pregnancy not 100%?

Because a certain percentage of our eggs are abnormal at any age, and because fertilization has to happen within a narrow window after ovulation occurs, even a young, healthy woman trying to get pregnant has only about a 25% chance each month.

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What is the longest gap between twins?

The longest interval between the birth of twins is 90 days, in the case of Molly and Benjamin West, dizygotic (fraternal) twins born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA to parents Lesa and David West (all USA) on 1 January and 30 March 1996.

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Can twins be born a week apart?

It's a phenomenon called superfetation, and it's extremely rare. According to Dr. Lisa Thiel, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Spectrum Health in Michigan, there are only a few confirmed cases. “Superfetation is when a second pregnancy implants a few days or weeks after an initial pregnancy occurs.

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