罕見!澳大利亞女子相隔10天兩次懷孕生下兩女嬰!

An Australian woman who was told she might never become pregnant says she has given birth to twins conceived 10 days apart.

一名曾被告知自己可能永遠無法懷孕的澳洲女子日前表示，她產下了一對出生相隔10天的雙胞胎。

Kate Hill was receiving hormone treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that meant she was not ovulating.

這位名叫凱特·希爾的女子患有多囊性卵巢綜合徵，不能排卵懷孕，她爲此接受了激素治療。

She apparently conceived twins at different times despite only having unprotected sex once during that time.

儘管那段時間她只進行過一次無保護措施的性行爲，但卻在不同的時間裏懷上了雙胞胎。

It is very rare for a woman to conceive a second time when already pregnant.

一個已經懷孕的女性再次懷孕，這是非常罕見的。

Most twins are the result of a woman releasing two eggs at the same time, or, less commonly, a fertilised egg subsequently splitting into two.

大多數雙胞胎都是女性同時排下兩顆卵子而來的，或者，也有少數情況是一顆受精卵分裂成兩顆。

The twin girls, Charlotte and Olivia, were born 10 months ago with different sizes, weights and gestational development, according to reports.

根據報道，雙胞胎女孩夏洛特和奧利維亞已經十個月大了，她們出生時身高、體重和發育狀況各不相同。

"We actually did not realise how special that was until they were born," Mrs Hill told Australia's Seven Network.

希爾女士在接受澳大利亞《第七頻道》採訪時表示：“直到孩子們出生，我們才意識到這是多麼的特別。”

Pregnancy normally stops the monthly cycle of ovulation but very rarely a woman can release another egg after conceiving. If this is fertilised it could also implant and develop into a healthy pregnancy.

一般情況下，女性懷孕後就停止排卵，但極爲罕見的是，如果在懷孕後還能排卵，並且能正常受精，也能着牀併發育成一個健康的胚胎。

It is believed only 10 cases of the phenomenon, known as superfetation, have been documented across the world.

這種情況在醫學上被稱作異期復孕，是極爲罕見的，據估計全球只有10例記錄在冊。

Speaking about the rare conception, Mrs Hill's husband Peter joked: "Hole in one, maybe."

談到這一罕見的懷孕，希爾的丈夫皮特開玩笑道：“可能是一擊入洞。”

The couple's obstetrician Brad Armstrong said the condition was so rare he was forced to search for it online. "I could not find any literature in the medical review websites at all," he said.

這對夫妻的產科醫師布萊德·阿姆斯特朗表示，這一情況十分罕見，他不得不上網查找。他說道：“我在醫學綜述網站上找不到任何文獻資料。”