I fell pregnant with twins while ALREADY expecting – I found out when I thought I was miscarrying & docs were stunned

TRYING for a baby, Deonna Fletcher was excited to spot the enactment look connected the gestation test.

But what the 26-year-old, from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, didn’t realise was that she was really already  pregnant - with twins conceived six days earlier. 

She’s 1 of lone 10 documented cases to acquisition ‘ superfetation’ - a information truthful uncommon it has a ‘nearly zero’ accidental of happening.

Now mum to 4 small ones Amani, Amber and Dream, each 3 - and a lad Antonio Junior oregon AJ, 2 - Deonna speaks exclusively to Fabulous:

WITH sore boobs and nary motion of my period, I had nary uncertainty that I was pregnant.

“You ready?” I said to my spouse of astir 2 years, Antonio Livingston, 26, unwrapping a test.

“Let’s bash it,” helium replied.

We’d lone been trying for
a mates of months, but, moments later, we watched 2 lines appear. Needless to accidental we were ecstatic. 

Sudden agony

An aboriginal scan confirmed the gestation was viable. But six weeks later, portion moving astatine my occupation arsenic a hairstylist, I grabbed my tummy successful pain.

“I’m having a miscarriage”, I thought, panic consuming me.

I dashed to the infirmary wherever Antonio met me. He held my manus arsenic I was fixed a scan.

“The baby’s fine, but there’s different sac,” the doc said, puzzled. “With 2 babies successful it.”

“So, there’s three?” I said, confused. “How is that adjacent possible?”

The doc seemed arsenic amazed arsenic we were.

“This is highly rare,” helium said, incapable to archer america immoderate much than that.

Back home, the quality started to descend in. Though we’d been trying for a baby, being outnumbered with 3 would mean we’d truly person our hands full.

“We tin bash this, can’t we?” I said to Antonio. “Of people we can,” helium reassured me.

Unexpected surprise

At our adjacent appointment, we sat down with a doctor.

“You’ve experienced superfetation,” helium said.

It meant I’d go large doubly successful 1 week, with the archetypal fraternal babe conceived six days earlier the different two. 

It was truthful unusual, the chances of it happening were adjacent to zero. According to the Cleveland Clinic successful the USA, a non-profit which specialises successful medicine, lone 10 radical person had it hap successful history.

“You ovulated twice, but astatine 2 antithetic times,” helium added.

Triple trouble

Since I was a teenager, I'd struggled with irregular periods, sometimes having 2 each month. It’s apt this is wherefore it occurred.

He explained that due to the fact that of the antithetic circumstances of my gestation determination was a risk, which helium told maine were identical, were astatine hazard of processing twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, oregon TTTS, which could beryllium fatal if 1 got excessively galore nutrients and the different excessively little.

“It’s your prime whether to terminate oregon not,” the doc said.

Antonio and I instantly shook our heads. There was nary mode we could take betwixt them. 

Our household and friends were stunned by our quality and loved watching my triplet bump grow.

At 18 weeks, Antonio came with maine for a sex scan.

“What’s your guess?” helium asked.

“Two boys and a girl,” I replied.

We didn’t find retired until our sex uncover party.

“One, two, three!” Antonio counted. Then we popped 2 immense balloons.

'Practically zero chance'

Everyone cheered arsenic pinkish confetti filled the air.

“Three girls?” I shouted.

We chose the names, Amani, Amber and Dream.

Feeling the babies footwear became the champion portion of my day.

The gestation was going smoothly, with nary motion of TTTS, and the babies were each sharing the amniotic
fluid evenly.

Early arrival

One day, astatine 24 weeks, I was sitting connected the sofa watching TV
with my sister.

“I can’t hold for your babe ablution adjacent week,” she said.

“Me neither,” I replied.

Then, arsenic I stood up, I felt a gush betwixt my legs.

“My waters person broken.” I said. “It’s excessively early.”

I was a small much than 24 weeks.

Antonio rushed location and took maine consecutive to hospital.

Luckily, I inactive had plentifulness of fluid left.

Bed remainder to support safe

Wanting to marque definite the triplets stayed wrong maine for arsenic agelong arsenic possible, doctors enactment maine connected furniture remainder astatine the hospital.

Antonio helped maine with my meals, got maine retired of furniture and helped maine shower. I couldn’t person done it without him.

Two weeks later, it was our two-year anniversary.

He helped maine into a wheelchair and pushed me
to the 5th level balcony of the hospital. To my surprise, determination was a array for 2 overlooking the atrium, implicit with champagne for him and beauteous flowers for me.

Antonio gave maine a azygous reddish rose, past took my hand.

He produced a stunning pear-cut diamond ringing and got down connected 1 knee.

Surprise fig two...

“Will you beryllium my wife?” helium asked. I’d been gutted to cancel my babe shower, but the connection decidedly made up for it.

In January 2021, astatine 32 weeks, I was wheeled into theatre for a C-section.

As soon arsenic Amani, Amber and Dream were delivered, they were whisked disconnected to the neonatal intensive attraction (NICU) to beryllium monitored.

Hours later, I visited them.

Though premature, they were thriving.

My beverage proviso was capable to breastfeed each 3 girls.

One period later, we strapped the triplets into their car seats and took
them home.

How to archer them apart

Antonio and I got them connected the aforesaid schedule, and household helped retired truthful I could get immoderate sleep. We besides enactment personalised ankle bracelets connected them to archer them apart.

For their archetypal birthday, we held a virtual enactment connected YouTube. 

Just earlier they turned two, we got different surprise.

I was large again. Thankfully, it was conscionable the 1 this time.

Pregnant again... but conscionable the one!

In October 2022, we welcomed a boy, Antonio Junior, oregon AJ.

The triplets fell successful emotion with him, hugging him astatine each opportunity.

Now, Amani, Amber and Dream, are three, and similar peas successful a pod. AJ is ne'er abbreviated of their attention.

When I archetypal did that gestation test, I ne'er dreamed I’d extremity up with 3 girls - and a boy, too!

Being a genitor is the hardest occupation successful the world.

Our children support maine connected my toes, trial my patience, and assistance maine find the humour among the chaos.

I wouldn’t person it immoderate different way.