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    A mum baffled doctors by falling pregnant twice in just 18 days \u2013 and carrying both babies at the same time.<\/p>\n

    Sandra and David Searle, 36 and 40 respectively, didn\u2019t realise they were already expecting when they started their third round of IVF treatment.<\/p>\n

    They had used the medical procedure, which fertilises the egg by sperm in a outside of the body, to have their first two children \u2013 Georgia, five, and Fred, three.<\/p>\n

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    But the third time around, they got a different result than anticipated. Sandra experienced an extremely rare phenomenon called 'superfetation\u2019 \u2013 a term is used to describe two \u201ctwin\u201d children being conceived in the same uterus at different times.<\/p>\n

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    As David was diagnosed with testicular cancer back in 2015, and Sandra was told she had a low egg count, they believed natural pregnancy would be unlikely.<\/p>\n

    So when they found out they were expecting two kids, they were understandably shocked.<\/p>\n

    David told Today: \u201cWe were quite lucky just to have the one in the first place, let alone two and then three, and then to find out we managed to get a bit of a two-for-one deal on the third pregnancy was exciting, but a little bit scary at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

    In April, Sandra gave birth to babies Poppy and Michael during the 37th week of her pregnancy. And as their son was younger than their daughter, he weighed just 4.4lbs and hadn\u2019t developed his sucking reflex yet.<\/p>\n

    Thankfully, both babies seem to be doing well following the ultra rare pregnancy.<\/p>\n

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    Just 10 cases of superfetation have been reported worldwide over the years, which may be because the phenomenon is so hard to detect.<\/p>\n

    Dr Richard Murphy, who was the family\u2019s fertility expert, only noticed after a blood test as Sandra\u2019s hormone levels were \u201csky high\u201d.<\/p>\n

    He told ABC: \u201cThere's likely to be some other cases out there that are unreported and we just don't know about it.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt\u2019s always interesting to document these because they're so rare that there will be a few cases in the literature but not many, so it's interesting for other doctors to see that these rare things can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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