A mum was left shocked after learning her twins hadn't been conceived at the same time, with their conceptions taking place a full five days apart. Taking to TikTok with a video that's left people stunned, the mum said that she hadn't even realised such a thing was possible before becoming pregnant with her twins, Imelda and Lilo.
She found out about this unexpected gap during her very first ultrasound, with the doctor noticing that her unborn children were 'measuring differently'. For her 'whole life' up until this point, she'd always believed that twins were either conceived 'at the same time', or that the mother's 'egg split into two'.
In a video shared to TikTok, where she goes by the username @lilo_imelda_twins, the baffled mum recalled: "Honestly, I didn't really process that information because I was just in shock that I was having twins. And then later I was just a little confused."
She continued: "So we were trying to make a baby - we made Imelda not knowing that Leo was already in there. For some context, this was in 2020 during the lockdown, so me and my husband had nothing but time.
"We had also recently experienced a pregnancy loss, so we were trying to conceive a baby. And I guess we tried a little too hard."
Although the news came as somewhat of a surprise, to say the least, she is now 'grateful and very thankful for the outcome'.
She added: "I did have somebody comment under one of my videos, saying that they conceived 13 days apart. I also had somebody say that they conceived from two different people a few days apart. So be careful out there!"
The video has since clocked up 204K likes and counting. Many followers were left with their jaws firmly on the floor, while others had their own stories to share.
One person wrote: "As a current med student hearing about this makes my brain explode with happiness bc I learned how this happens. Embryo was a hard class but amazing."
Another commented: "I personally know someone who conceived her days apart with two different guys. I was mind blown."
A third gasped: "I’ll continue saying this: TikTok is school at this point. Had no idea, twins can be conceived days apart."
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