Is it possible for a woman to get pregnant of twins of different men?

Question

Is it possible for a woman, if she has sex with more than one man in a fertile period to have babies from different fathers?

Answer 1

While it is possible to have twins fertilized by sperm from two different partners, it is pretty rare.

All right, then. Not only is it possible for fraternal twins to have different fathers, it has actually happened. There's even a medical term for it: superfecundation. The classic case, which is discussed in Williams Obstetrics (1980), was recorded in 1810 by John Archer, the first doctor to receive a medical degree in the United States. According to Archer, a white woman who had sex with a black man and a white man within a short time subsequently gave birth to twins--one white, one mulatto. Other cases have been reported since.

Superfecundation is possible because fraternal twins result from two separate eggs fertilized independently. Some think it happens fairly often, but until recently it was difficult to prove, due to the crudeness of the traditional testing method, which involved comparing blood types. In 1978, however, Dr. Paul Terasaki of the UCLA School of Medicine reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that he and his colleagues had conclusively established a case of superfecundation using a sophisticated procedure called tissue or HLA (human leukocyte antigen) testing. This technique can also be applied to more conventional cases. Prospective paternity-suit litigants, take note.

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Answer 2

Yes and no. No you can not get one twin from one man and another from another man. Twins are from the same egg. However you can get pregnant twice at once. My grandma did. You can no have them both. Chances are you will miscarry one of them, but it may cause you to miscarry both! This happens when you have over-active ovaries. While you are already pregnant with one baby your next egg comes down as if your not even pregnant. Then that egg is fertilized, and your pregnant twice! It happened when my grandma was pregnant with my mom. She lost the second baby and took the fetus to the doctor. The doctor said she had a miscarriage so my grandma thought she wasn't pregnant anymore. Until she felt my mom move. Then right on time my mom was born like nothing had ever happened! Crazy huh? I've always been worried about this happening to me, so I looked into it a bit.

Answer 3

Yes I saw it on Maury where a woman brought a guy on for DNA and she had twins and the DNA only matched one baby, the time frame has to be having sex with two different people within a 12 hour time span or 24 hours at the most! it is very rare but most defiantly possible

Answer 4

its EXTREMELY uncommon, theres only a few reported cases, but yes.

In fact there have even been twins born from fathers of different races. Where one baby was black and one white.

Its like a one in a trillion chance that a woman will ovulate from two ovaries, and either one with get fertilized at a time, or she ovulates a couple days apart on each egg.

True, but uncommon.

Answer 5

Yes. There has been a set of twins on some news program, and one child was a blond while the other one was a Black child. Two fathers.

Answer 6

Yes. In fact, my second wife had a double uterus. She could ovulate, have sex with two different men and get pregnant with a baby in each uterus then give birth to what would seem like twins, however, they would actually be two separate individuals each sharing a set of their mother's dna. They'd be like half brother / half sister.

Answer 7

Uh no honey I think this is highly impossible. It only takes one sperm cell to produce a baby or babies but there is only one father. Unless she doing something scientifically that is new, I would have to say NO! Sorry for ur situation now u just have to wait to take a DNA test to determine who is really the father. Good Luck

Answer 8

Yes it's happened before... they had it all over the new several years ago a woman had twins one by her husband and the other by her brother-in-law.. It's possible but VERY rare.

Answer 9

This is a touchy topic. I have heard that you can get pregnant at two diffrent sexual encounters but it is extremely rare. I have also read things that state it is impossible to get pregnant after being pregnant. The only way you can be 100 percent sure on this is to ask a medical professional your question. hope all works out for you.

Answer 10

I have deformity in my reproductive system, and I have two uturi. My Doctors were very concerned that I was pregnant in both uturi on one of my pregnancies. I was not. But it was possible. Of course the babies would not ne twins.