You figure, with humans, it would be less likely - since most pregnancies result in a single infant. However, in a situation where a female conceived with multiple males in a brief timeframe, could you have a case where you get a set of fraternal twins, with each having the genetic contributions of a separate father? Or is there something about human genetics that wouldn't allow for this?
2006-10-12 23:33:18 · 13 answers · asked by Lunarsight 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Disclaimer : I'm obviously not saying it would be wise for a woman to procreate with multiple partners in such a manner that I'm describing above. I intend the question to be one of those "in theory" sorts of scenarios.
2006-10-12 23:35:26 · update #1
I was just thinking - if it were possible, just think of all the fun they could have with it on a daytime soap opera. I could imagine them interjecting fraternal triplets into the plot, each one with a different dad.
2006-10-12 23:43:34 · update #2
I saw this on a talk show once,so I did some research. It is possible, but not probable, for this to happen. If a woman releases 2 eggs in a cycle (possible, my mom has done it at least 3 times, resulting in twins...how do people think we get fraternal twins? TWO EGGS) If a woman has sex with 2 different people within 24 hours (and it would have to be that short a time span), then both men's sperm could fertilize an egg.
Possible, but rare.
2006-10-13 01:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually I´m not sure, but I´ve never heard that this would be true for cats... But for snakes the situation described above is true. How ever this is not possible for humas.
When a woman gets pregnant the body goes through a lot of changes (e.g. hormonal, physical) and one response is that she can´t get pregnant again until a while after the labour.
This is because the eggcell, which is needed for conceving, will not get to the right place in the body of the woman (and will therefore not meet the sperm) when the women is pregnant already.
2006-10-12 23:50:27 · answer #2 · answered by Meraime 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok I seem to remember watching a tv documentary years ago about a woman who did have twins to different men. She'd slept with both men on the same day and she had released two eggs or something like that. But that was a one off documented case! Not something that is very likely to happen ever again.
2006-10-13 00:38:19 · answer #3 · answered by Claire O 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only possible that this could happen in one scenario:
If (and only IF) 2 eggs were to ovulate at once, and you had sex with two partners. This would create the concept of "non-identical twins". Safe to say, you have much better odds of winning the lottery, hitting a massive jackpot, and not being audited by the IRS--all in one day.
2006-10-13 00:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mudcat007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for my hearts, specific and that is been shown a woman can get pregnant via 2 men if she is fertile and has intercourse with the two on comparable day. she ought to provide start to fraternal twins so as that they wont look alike. and specific comparable decide for canines, some years in the past a woman poodle we had become breed to a male poodle and the caught via a shepard the subsequent day. i did no longer understand till each week later and my woman had to be aborted and spayed. loss of a reliable instruct canine.
2016-10-19 07:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-10-12 23:43:31 · answer #6 · answered by Knows_Something 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you release one egg at a time, which can then split to form twins, after it has been inseminated. So, it is impossible.
2006-10-12 23:41:53 · answer #7 · answered by dane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh boy
okie
cats can get pregnant even when theyre already pregnant
when women get pregnant the cervix closes and no more ovaries are released
it's not possible for a pregnant women to get pregnant again when shes already pregnant
2006-10-12 23:39:30 · answer #8 · answered by Rinne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there are two eggs then I don't see why not. But honestly I don't know. Would like to kind of interesting.
2006-10-12 23:36:30 · answer #9 · answered by medevilqueen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Highly doubtful. We don't release eggs in bunches.
2006-10-12 23:36:09 · answer #10 · answered by lil_love1982 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋