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Non-Twin Twins Born to Same Mom, Same Day
Two Scottish girls born to the same mother minutes apart are
not twins. Hmmm. How does that work?
Defying million-to-one odds and everything you ever knew about fertility and hormones and monthly cycles, a 29-year-old mother of two
got pregnant a couple of times within the span of a few weeks.
After she initially became pregnant, her menstrual cycle soldiered on none-the-wiser and
released an egg the following month, which also became fertilized and eventually implanted. Oh, and Mom was on the pill the whole time.
The mother found out she was pregnant with two non-twins at
a routine 12-week ultrasound. While checking over the older fetus
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI actually had a friend growing up who was a non-twin twin. Her non-twin brother was conceived about a month after her, and they were delivered at the same time. But still, freaky stuff.
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