Woman Was Pregnant With Two Babies That Had Been Conceived A Week Apart After Three miscarriages
Cara Winhold, 30, and her husband Blake, 33, dreamed of expanding their family after the birth of their son Wyatt in 2018. The former teacher miscarried a baby girl in 2019 and another child in 2020, and during her second miscarriage became severely unwell.
Cara told how she knew she wanted more children and remained optimistic that it was going to happen. “I knew it was part of my journey and life to be a mum and so I knew I didn’t want to give up,” she said
The former swim coach was pregnant again in February 2021 for four days before she miscarried and discovered she was expecting again the following month. When she returned with her husband seven weeks into her pregnancy, they were told that there were two babies. I broke down in tears and cried. I was overhhelmed, confused, but very happyock. On the very first scan there was a sac with one baby and then when I went back there was a really tiny little sac in the corner that had another baby in it.,” Cara said.
She was told by doctors that she was pregnant with two babies that had been conceived a week apart due to the incredibly rare phenomenon. It happens when a second, new pregnancy occurs during an initial pregnancy and can occur days or weeks after the first one.
“I got pregnant while I was already pregnant. I said to the doctor, ‘what happened? He wasn’t there the first time. What’s going on?'” Cara said.
Doctors said “She said that most likely I ovulated twice, released two eggs and they got fertilised at different times, about a week apart.”
She can’t think of any other explanation to having twins – it was 100% natural and they don’t rung un in my family. It was a total surprise.
Cara gave birth to Colson just after 4am on October 25, 2021, with Cayden following six minutes later. The pair were delivered at 35 weeks with Colson weighing six pounds five oz and Cayden four pounds nine oz. Cara said when her seven-month-old boys have always been different sizes as towards the end of her pregnancy Colson was two weeks ahead of his little brother in terms of growth. During their six-month check up, Colson weighed four pounds heavier than his little brother and the mum buys two sizes of everything. Cara, of North Richland Hills, Texas, said that there is currently a striking four pound weight difference between Colson and his little brother Cayden, meaning she buys two different sizes of clothing and nappies.
She advises anyone who may relate to her story not to give up if they feel that having children is part of their story.
