A MUM gave birth to twin sisters who were conceived 28 days apart.
Sophie Small was stunned when a scan showed her babies were different sizes in the womb.
Kennedy Newsand MediaTwins Darcy and Holly were conceived 28 days apart. Darcy weighed 4lb 2oz at birth with Holly 6lb 1oz[/caption]
Kennedy Newsand MediaSophie Small, also mum to Oscar, six, was stunned when a scan showed her babies were different sizes in the womb[/caption]
Darcy weighed 4lb 2oz at birth with Holly 6lb 1oz.
The 30-year-old of Leominster, Herefordshire, was told it was a phenomenon called superfetation, where a new pregnancy occurs after the first.
Sophie said: “Instantly I knew I was pregnant because of headaches but I thought I might not be, so we carried on trying.
“After I conceived Darcy, the sickness was horrific.
“I was hospitalised eight times in seven weeks and spent 120 hours on a drip.
“I was carrying two babies who were growing at different stages but we didn’t know that.
“They couldn’t work out why I was so sick.
“I had a scan at seven weeks and they said it was a bit different.
“I was expecting twins but one was bigger than the other.
“They could tell something wasn’t right.
“They had their own sacs and placentas so they could feed when they wanted to.
“They couldn’t work out why one twin was bigger than the other.
“When they were born there was a 35 per cent growth difference between the two of them, which is massive and they realised they’d been conceived four weeks apart.”
Sophie, also mum to Oscar, six, said of her twins, now two: “People think I’m a nutter when I explain, ‘Darcy is two minutes older and four weeks younger’.
“Some people question whether they are twins.”