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title: 'The Rarest Pregnancy you Never Heard of?'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/the-rarest-pregnancy-you-never-heard-of'
show: 'Sicker Than Your Average Health Show'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/sicker-than-your-average-health-show'
published: '2021-04-13'
audio: 'https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/f4269069-d197-44f3-8b9f-ab0272004e61/episodes/323f50e6-a68a-4f9e-b755-b192c355dc4f/audio/7434406c-2acb-4768-81a5-fb96583427a4/default_tc.mp3'
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# The Rarest Pregnancy you Never Heard of?

## Summary

Can you get pregnant twice, during the same pregnancy? We know - sounds impossible. Well, imagine finding out months into your pregnancy that you are now going to be having twins: twins that are 3 weeks apart in age...? This episode brings you the story of one family’s incredibly rare journey through the little known world of **superfetation**!

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

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**Credits**

Editing, and production assistance by Mack Britton

Logo design by Brad Hart

Music: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to [Ritual Music.com](https://www.ritualmusic.com/))

**Links**

[Washington Post - Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/04/08/conceive-baby-while-pregnant/)

[StatsCan Fertility Data 2012-2016](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/91-209-x/2018001/article/54956-eng.htm)

[A review of the mechanisms and evidence for typical and atypical twinning](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283516837_A_review_of_the_mechanisms_and_evidence_for_typical_and_atypical_twinning) 2016 research review article by McNamara HC, et al. in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

[Superfetation: case report and review of the literature](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18667283/) 2008 case report by Pape A et al. in the Journal de Gynécologie et Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

[Unpredicted ovulations and conceptions during early pregnancy: an explanatory mechanism of human superfetation](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23043772/) 2013 peer-reviewed article by Tarín JJ et al. in Reproduction: Fertility and Development

[A critical inquiry regarding superfœtation, with cases](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5308999/pdf/edinbmedj73850-0012.pdf) 1865 research article by Bonnar GL in the Edinburgh Medical Journal.

Uterus duplex bicollis, vagina simplex, and superfetation. A 1927 research article by Moench GL in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Toronto Notes [2018] Textbook by Marvasti TB et al.

[Roberts Supertwins on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/roberts.supertwins/?hl=en)