Pregnant woman gets pregnant (again)

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A pregnant woman shocked US doctors when she had a scan which showed her baby girl - and a second, younger male baby beside her.
Julia Grovenburg conceived the second baby two-and-a-half weeks after the first and they are both developing side by side in her womb.

The babies are an extremely rare case of "superfoetation" when a woman conceives for a second time while already pregnant, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Dr Karen Boyle, of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center said: "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. It does really sound like this is a true case of different conception times for these children."

Mrs Grovenburg, from Arkansas, conceived the two non-twins, who have different due dates, with her husband Todd.

The older one had already been given the name Jillian and her younger brother will be called Hudson.

The mother-to-be'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."

Superfoetation can be dangerous for the younger baby as it could lead to premature birth and lung problems, but experts said a gap of only two-and-a-half weeks should not lead to a problem for Hudson.
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Woman Pregnant With 2 Babies Due a Week Apart

(July 17) -- A Utah woman is pregnant with two babies, but they're not twins.

Angie Cromar was born with a rare condition called didelphys, which means she has two uteruses. It didn't pose a problem for her previous pregnancies, and the 34-year-old has given birth to two healthy children before.

But this time, she's conceived in both uteruses. During her first ultrasound exam, Cromar and her doctor discovered that she's carrying two fetuses at different stages of development, one slightly older than the other.

"[He said] I'm five weeks and four days in one, and six weeks and one day in the other," Cromar told her local TV station, KTLA.

"Angie and I both had the look of surprise," Dr. Steve Terry, Cromar's OB/GYN told another Utah TV station, KSL.

The chances of this happening are estimated to be one in five million. "Probably less than 100, so far, worldwide, have been reported," Terry said. "So she's a member of a small, elite club."

Cromar herself is a labor and delivery nurse, and knows the complications her condition can bring: chances of pre-term labor and low birth weight.

"Oh, I'm a little nervous, just because I know what can happen, but I'm really excited," she told KSL.

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