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Woman Gives Birth to Twins — 11 Weeks Apart

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A 29-year-old woman gave birth to twins born almost 3 months apart. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

When Lilliya Konovalova became pregnant with twins, she didn't expect to give birth twice. But the 29-year-old, who lives in Northern Kazakhstan, was in the hospital two times — once in May, for the birth of her daughter, and again earlier this month, for the birth of her son.

"My son was in no rush to come out into the world," Konovalova said, as reported by the Daily Mail.

The twins were born 11 weeks apart. Such a long interval between twins is rare, but not unheard of. (The world record — twins born 87 days apart — was set in 2012). But it's not just the separate birthdays that set these twins apart — it's the fact that each one gestated in a separate womb.

That's because Konovalova has a condition called uterus didelphys, which essentially means that she has a double uterus.

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Uterus didelphys is surprisingly common — one in 2,000 women have it. The conditions occur early in development, when the two tubes that all female fetuses have, which normally fuse into one uterus, instead develop into two separate wombs. But the odds of a pregnancy like Konovalova's, where each baby develops in its own womb, are miniscule — just one in 50 million, Scientific American reported. (For a woman with uterus didelphys, the odds of conceiving one twin in each are 1 in 25,000).

Similar pregnancies have been documented. In 2009, a woman in Michigan with uterus didelphys delivered two baby girls, one from each side. In 2014, a woman in the United Kingdom with the same condition gave birth to triplets, two of whom shared a uterus, and one of which had its own.

But in none of these documented cases were the babies born on separate occasions. That means Konovalova's pregnancy was rare on two counts.

Occasionally, after delivering one twin, a woman's contractions will subside. Sometimes, when the first-delivered twin is extremely premature, doctors will let the second fetus gestate in the mom's womb until it's closer to term, The Washington Post reported. That's what happened to Konovalova. When her daughter Liya was born, Konovalova was only 25 weeks into her pregnancy — barely past the threshold at which a baby can survive outside of its mother. By the time her son Maxim was born, he'd had much longer to develop inside the womb.

Konovalova and her twins are both healthy, and getting ready to leave the hospital as a family.

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Originally published on Live Science.

Isobel Whitcomb is a contributing writer for Live Science who covers the environment, animals and health. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Fatherly, Atlas Obscura, Hakai Magazine and Scholastic's Science World Magazine. Isobel's roots are in science. She studied biology at Scripps College in Claremont, California, while working in two different labs and completing a fellowship at Crater Lake National Park. She completed her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Twins Born in Different Months: A Remarkable Birth Story

We’ve all heard stories of twins being born on different days, but have you heard about these twins born in different months?

I had an emergency c-section with my twins’ birth so I realize I may not have the most realistic expectation of a twin birth, but my gosh! I had no idea it was even possible to have twins born in different months.

For the record, The Guinness Book of World Records says that the longest amount of time between the birth of twins is 90 whole days!

This story might not be quite as outrageous, but I think we would all agree that it is quite remarkable. Hold on to your hats!

How can you have twins born in different months?

Heather and Chris Perry of Lake Park, Minnesota welcomed twins born in different months recently. How many times have we joked that our twins came when they were ready, whether early, late, or “on time”? I literally can’t count that high for my own 33 weekers (born ONE MINUTE apart).

The Perry’s have a whole new perspective. Mrs. Perry was put on hospital bedrest at just 25 weeks when her water broke. Only days later they welcomed baby girl, Olive into their family, weighing just 2 lbs. 4 ozs on February 24th, 2021.

Mrs. Perry says that it all happened very quickly. She pushed three times and out came baby. It was so fast that Mr. Perry couldn’t even make it to the birth.

As you might imagine, this was already an usual birth. Even with my emergency C-section there was enough time to get my partner in the room. Barely, but still.

It’s a waiting game

So, with the birth of their little girl, they waited. They waited and waited. Dr. Jon Dangerfield delivered little Olive and is quoted as saying “He’s not coming. We just have to wait.”

The minutes turned to hours. Then the hours turned to days. The Perry’s even went to the NICU to visit with baby Olive while Mrs. Perry was still pregnant with her twin!

Twins born in different month are reunited in the NICU

Mrs. Perry would hold Olive in the NICU and “every time, he would kick in my stomach. He was enjoying his time to sprawl out.”

Doesn’t that speak volumes to the magical twin bond? it definitely implies he could sense his twin nearby. Pretty neat!

At the same time, taking his time makes sense to us twin parents too, doesn’t it? Our kiddos are constantly trying to get a moments peace from one another.

Reunited and it feels so good!

Five whole days later, on March 1st, 2021, the Perrys finally got to meet their little boy, Ashton. See, twins born in different months. He was born weighing 2 lbs. 14 ozs. and was reunited with his twin sister in the NICU.

Twins born in different months. PHOTO CREDIT: kakeabc.com

They don’t have a discharge date on the record just yet but both babies are doing well and continuing to gain weight. Their big sister Fiona is anxiously awaiting their homecoming. She is so excited about their twins she’s even told their local UPS driver.

Mr. Perry sums it up perfectly by saying “It sure is going to be a good story to tell at school.” I mean, can you even imagine the school cupcake birthday parties on 2 different days in 2 different months for these twins born in different months?

I have always been fascinated by twins born on different days. I’m sucked into each and every story, even though more often than not it’s a matter of the time of day Mom goes into labor. If baby A is born at 11:57 pm, there’s a great chance baby B will be born the next day.

This is a whole other can of worms though. I simply cannot imagine having one in and one out for 5 whole days. Talk about babies being born on their own time. Twins born in different months is definitely an amazing story that this family will talk about forever.

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Twins were born in Germany with a difference of 97 days, the media write

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MOSCOW, April 19 - RIA Novosti. A resident of Cologne gave birth to two daughters with a difference of 97 days. Das Bild writes about it.

Last November, a woman pregnant with twins went into premature labor at 26 weeks. The newborn, who was born as a result of a caesarean section, weighed only 907 grams.

However, her twin sister remained in the womb. The doctors decided that the patient could continue bearing the child due to the presence of a second placenta.

In February, a woman gave birth to another girl. Thus, the age difference between the children was 97 days.

A medical institution believes that a world record has been set: "This happens incredibly rarely. According to our data, before this the maximum interval was 87 days."

Both girls are now developing normally.

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society ALMATY, Feb 14 - Sputnik. A resident of Uralsk Lilia Konovalova gave birth to a girl and a boy with a difference of 2.5 months. Doctors say that such a case is one in 50 million. It is reported by the regional TV channel TDK42.

Spouses in whose family a miracle happened, 29 eachyears. They already have a seven-year-old daughter. Last year they became the parents of two more children, and the birth was unique.

The girl was born on May 24th weighing 850 grams at 25 weeks. They named her Leah. Two months and 16 days later, the boy Maxim was born. He was born on August 29, weighing two kilograms 900 grams, half a meter tall. The girl was in intensive care for a long time and received oxygen therapy.

A resident of Aktobe gave birth in a shopping center

Upon discharge from the perinatal center, the Ural doctors said that the case was unique. A woman has an anatomical feature - a double uterus. This was said last year in the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan.

"Statistically, in such cases, the chances of having a live child are one in 50 million. But we succeeded, mother and baby are doing well," said Eset Eralin, deputy director of the regional perinatal center.

As the happy mother herself admits, the pregnancy was very difficult, and the doctors recommended lying down all the time and leaving the house as little as possible.

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The father of the babies says that he never thought that this could happen to him.

"Children are developing well. They play, I help my wife. These are our children," said Sergei Konovalov.

The situation also aroused genuine interest of journalists. Last year, unique spouses became guests of the program on Channel One "Live healthy".

"When we were on the Live Healthy show, they didn't even find a picture with two wombs," recalls Lilia Konovalova, adding that her phone was filled with messages from friends and acquaintances.

In turn, the host of the program Elena Malysheva highly appreciated the level of Kazakh doctors. Children were also examined free of charge in Moscow clinics.

It is worth noting that over the past 60 years there have been just over 70 such cases worldwide. In Kazakhstan, such children were born for the first time.