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Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant, gives birth to twins conceived 3 weeks apart

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April 8, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
Rebecca Roberts, 39, with her 2-month-old twins, Noah and Rosalie, in November. Roberts’s pregnancy was diagnosed as superfetation, a rare condition in which a woman who is already pregnant conceives another baby. (Courtesy of Rebecca Roberts)

Rebecca Roberts and her partner struggled with infertility for more than a year, so when they got a positive result with an at-home pregnancy test, they were overjoyed.

But the news didn’t feel real until the first ultrasound appointment, when the couple saw their baby on a sonogram screen and listened to the calming cadence of a steady heartbeat.