[1walks3soar]

Ok... I had my D&E on Friday and got some very strange news. My RE was doing an u/s before the procedure (he's been concerned about an ectopic for a while with this pregnancy, so he wanted to do a double check).

During the u/s, he stopped, patted my leg and said "Okay, this is confusing, but is there any chance you could be pregnant again?"

Apparently, my right ovary was very swollen and had two cysts on it. He said, "I really didn't expect to see this." He told me that I'd ovulated recently and that if DH and I had sex, there was a chance that the small amount of tissue in my uterus was a new pregnancy. Unfortunately, there was no chance of that, so we went ahead with the D&E.

But isn't that odd? That my body would ovulate when there was still a pregnancy in my uterus? I've heard that you can ovulate with a very small beta amount, but my level was still around 100 at that point.

Odd, right?

[Brittanie]

I've heard of women ovulating while pregnant, and technically carrying "twins" but one is weeks behind in development. One girl I knew was born almost 3 months premature. Her twin brother was a week past due.

[gypsystar]

That is really interesting! I have never heard of that before!

[1walks3soar]

Here's what I found online about it:

Superfetation (also spelt superfoetation, based on a false etymology — see fetus) is the formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. When there are two separate instances of fertilisation during the same cycle, rather than different cycles, it is known as superfecundation.

It is claimed to be common in some species of animals, but is extremely rare in humans. It can occur only where there are two uteri, or where the menstrual cycle continues through pregnancy. Animals which have been claimed to be subject to superfetation include rodents (mice & rats), farm animals (horses & sheep), marsupials and primates (monkeys and humans).

Reports of superfetation occurring long after the first impregnation have often been treated with suspicion and some have been clearly discredited. Other explanations have been given (and demonstrated) for different levels of development between twins. Artificially induced superfetation has, however, been demonstrated although only up to a short period after insemination. Superfetation has also been clearly demonstrated in poeciliidae fish. [1]

Flavia d'Angelo, an Italian woman claiming to have become pregnant with triplets three months after initially getting pregnant, caused global media interest in 2001. [2] However, it was later revealed to be a hoax. [3]

[tparum]

that is so weird ive never heard of that happenning.

[1walks3soar]

Okay, someone on another board just told me that it's impossible to ovulate if there is still POC in the uterus. So what happened with me then?

[Brittanie]

Okay, someone on another board just told me that it's impossible to ovulate if there is still POC in the uterus.[/b]

Nothing is impossible. Just because it doesn't happen MOST of the time, doesn't mean it can't ever happen. I hate it when people use words like "impossible." Unlikely and improbable, maybe, but if the evidence points towards an ovulation for you, then maybe.

[greenchild]

Nothing is impossible. Just because it doesn't happen MOST of the time, doesn't mean it can't ever happen. I hate it when people use words like "impossible." Unlikely and improbable, maybe, but if the evidence points towards an ovulation for you, then maybe.[/b]

I agree. Don't ever let anyone tell you anything is impossible! My 1st OB is sure my 1st pg was heterotopic, and based on what I told him about the 2nd one, he thinks that one very well could have been too. But the 2nd OB said he doubts the first or the second pg was since it's so rare . . . hey, I KNOW what I felt the 2nd time around (which is why I really didn't think it was ectopic ). and I did pass something tiny with the 2nd pg, but I never took it in for testing. Now with this whole tubal regeneration thing . . . don't tell me that's impossible! Something grew there so anything is possible . . .