What does multiple birth mean?
If you're pregnant with more than one baby, it's called a multiple birth. Two babies are twins and three are triplets. Multiple pregnancies are becoming more common as more women are using fertility treatments and getting pregnant at an older age.
What is the highest multiple birth?
The Guinness Book of World Records said in an email to USA TODAY that it is still verifying the birth. The current record belongs to Nadya Suleman, an American woman who gave birth to eight babies in 2009.
How does multiple birth happen?
Multiple pregnancies occur when more than one embryo implants in your uterus (womb). This can happen if you release more than one egg during the menstrual cycle and each egg is fertilised by a sperm. Sometimes, a fertilised egg spontaneously splits into 2, resulting in identical embryos.
What causes multiple births in humans?
Naturally occurring factors include the following: heredity - A family history of multiple pregnancy increases the chances of having twins. older age - Women over 30 have a greater chance of multiple conception. Many women today are delaying childbearing until later in life, and may have twins as a result.
Can a woman get pregnant by two different guys at the same time?
Superfecundation twins: When a woman has intercourse with two different men in a short period of time while ovulating, it's possible for both men to impregnate her separately. In this case, two different sperm impregnate two different eggs. This is what happened to the woman in New Jersey.
What are 20 babies born at once called?
A set of octuplets were born on 20 December 1985, to Sevil Capan of İzmir, Turkey. Born prematurely at 28 weeks, six of the octuplets died within 12 hours of birth, and the remaining two died within three days.
Who's the youngest person in the world?
Lina Medina
Lina Medina was born in 1933 in Ticrapo, Castrovirreyna Province, Peru, to parents Tiburelo Medina, a silversmith, and Victoria Losea. She was one of nine children. Her parents took her to a hospital in Pisco at age five due to increasing abdominal size.
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