What if she had sex with 2 men the day she conceived?
2007-12-13 13:10:43 · 13 answers · asked by jeff b 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
yes. if she releases two eggs she could have fraternal twins that way.
2007-12-13 13:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by Brandie C 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not only is it possible for fraternal twins to have different fathers, it’s on the medical record books. This official medical term for this phenomenon is heteropaternal superfecundation. Sperm cells can live inside a woman’s body for four to five days. Once ovulation occurs, the egg remains viable for another 12 to 48 hours before it begins to disintegrate; thus, the fertile period can span five to seven days. If the twins are fraternal, where two eggs (ova) are fertilized by two sperm and produce two genetically unique children, then one baby could be slightly older than the other. In addition, if a woman ovulates, releases two eggs and has intercourse with two different men, the eggs could be fertilized by both, resulting in fraternal twins with distinctive fathers.
Bottom line: Defiantly a possibility, but it is indeed a rarity.
2007-12-13 13:18:44 · answer #2 · answered by omorris1978 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is possible but, documented cases are very rare. Of course it is only really recently that anyone has been able to actually prove for sure who the biological father is. Otherwise, the documented cases are when one twin turns out to be black and the other white and it's obvious that they have been fathered by different men. Now that we can actually prove who the father is, we may find that this is more common than thought before.
2007-12-13 13:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's rare but definitely possible. The term for it is heteropaternal superfecundation. The intercourse with the two different men has to happen within a short timespan.
2007-12-13 13:25:06 · answer #4 · answered by Madison 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's been in the papers a couple of times in the last year or so. There was no way to know, prior to cheap DNA testing, to know for sure unless the fathers were different races.
2007-12-13 13:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that happened on the soap opera "One Life to Live" with Jessica and Natalie (are you laughing yet?). I thought it was something the writers made up for a story line, but as it turns out, it CAN happen in real life. I was quite shocked to tell you the truth!
2007-12-13 13:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by Lovin' Life As Mama & Wife 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and there is a name for it:
hetero-paternal super-fecundation, : twins who have the same mother, but two different fathers
2007-12-13 13:16:38 · answer #7 · answered by JS 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-12-13 13:29:33 · answer #8 · answered by Dan H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yikes!
2007-12-13 13:23:04 · answer #9 · answered by kristi p 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say the possibility is exist, but how could you find out which man is right father at this stage, if you are wrong then.... it's really crazy...
2007-12-13 13:14:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋