Superfetation: When You Get Pregnant... Even Though You're Already Pregnant

The process of human baby making seems pretty straightforward: egg+sperm+time=baby. But hold on to your ovaries, folks! It’s pretty rare, but sometimes, days or weeks after a person gets pregnant, they can get pregnant again in a process called superfetation.

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