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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.
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.
| 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." |
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.
