The Sunday Mail
A mum who suffered three miscarriages has revealed how she became pregnant while already pregnant.
Cara Winhold (30) and her husband Blake (33) hoped to expand their family after the birth of their son Wyatt in 2018.
The couple, from Texas, United States of America, suffered three miscarriages, with one of them nearly proving fatal.
Then Cara fell pregnant in March 2021.
During Cara’s second scan, she discovered she was actually expecting two babies that had been conceived a week apart.
The incredibly rare phenomenon is known as superfetation. It happens when a second, new pregnancy occurs during an initial pregnancy and can occur days or weeks after the first one.
Cara gave birth to Colson just after 4am on October 25, 2021, with Cayden following six minutes later. The pair were delivered at 35 weeks, with Colson weighing six pounds five ounces (2,9 kilogrammes) and Cayden four pounds nine ounces (2,1 kilogrammes).
Cara, of North Richland Hills, Texas, said there is currently a striking four-pound (4 kg) weight difference between Colson and his little brother Cayden, meaning she buys two different sizes of clothing and nappies.
Cara said: “I got pregnant while I was already pregnant. I said to the doctor, ‘what happened? He was not there the first time. What is going on?’
“She said that most likely I ovulated twice, released two eggs and they got fertilised at different times, about a week apart.
“I 100 percent believe it was a miracle just because of everything that happened in my pregnancy journey.
“I like to believe that it was my way of getting back the two babies that I lost and kind of them helping out in a way. I cannot think of any other explanation to having twins — it was 100 percent natural and they do not run in my family. It was a total surprise.”
The former teacher miscarried a child in 2019 and another in 2020 that almost cost her life, and another in February 2021.
She discovered she was expecting again the following month, March 2021.
Cara said: “My doctor had me come in for a scan at five weeks just to make sure everything was OK and on that scan there was just one baby. Because of my history, she wanted to see me again in two more weeks just to check and make sure there was a heartbeat.”
When she returned with her husband seven weeks into her pregnancy, they were told that there were two babies.
“I broke down in tears and cried. I was overwhelmed, confused, but very happy,” Cara said.
“My husband was in shock. On the very first scan there was a sac with one baby and then when I went back there was a really tiny little sac in the corner that had another baby in it. You could see baby A (Colson) was more developed, whereas the other one was like a tiny dot.”
Cara said her seven-month-old boys have always been different sizes, as towards the end of her pregnancy Colson was two weeks ahead of his little brother in terms of growth.
Cara advises mothers who may relate to her story not to give up if they feel that having children is part of their story.
She said: “If it is in your story and your heart and calling, then do not give up on it because we did not and we got a huge surprise and a wonderful miracle in the process.
“I know it is different for everybody but I never expected to be a twin mum or have all boys. But I am blessed with a house of boys.”
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Wedding cancelled over Facebook comment
Following the viewing of a remark made by his fiancée on Facebook, a man has chosen to call off his planned wedding.
The lady positively responded to a post that asked women whether they would cheat on their spouses for a million Naira if they were given the opportunity.
A close and unidentified person saw the comment and took a screenshot, which they subsequently forwarded to the husband-to-be.
The gentleman got furious and decided to call off the wedding they had planned as a result of the lady’s statement.
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Nails and hair of corpse missing
Burial of a Grade Eight Zambian learner of Lukulu Secondary School, who died in Chitokoloki Mission Hospital in Zambezi district, has been put on hold.
Enah Siyawa, daughter to Mbunga Music artiste Smash, died while she was receiving treatment.
Enah’s body was then taken to the mortuary around 10pm.
But, the following day, around 2pm, family members were shocked after discovering the late student’s nails and hair missing.
Smash, born Manyando Siyawa, and his relatives have refused to bury her until hospital management explains the strange phenomenon. The family has since reported the matter to the police.
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‘My spoilt dog refuses
to drink tap water’
A “high maintenance” diva dog refuses to drink water from the tap – and forces his owner to splash out £40 (US$50) a month on bottled water for him.
When mum-of-one Lizzi Pallister first welcomed five-month-old pampered pooch Henry into her home, she instantly realised he was “needy” and “demanding”.
The 29-year-old claims the French bulldog puppy not only refuses to climb the stairs or sleep alone, but he also stops on walks to soak up attention from passers-by and only drinks still bottled water.
Lizzi believes the pup saw her two-year-old daughter drinking from a bottle and became fixated on it.
Now he turns up his nose at tap water poured specially for him by nudging the bowl and refusing to drink it.
He even got savvy to Lizzi’s attempts to re-fill water bottles from the tap and wants her to open the fresh bottle in front of him.
Lizzi said: “I have never met a dog like Henry before. He has to be the centre of attention, he is 100 percent a diva.
“Each morning when I put the tap water down on the floor, he nudges it then sits looking at me like ‘nice try — where is my bottled water?’ I go through two packs of 12 bottles of water each week, it costs about £10 a week.
“I have to do shopping for the family and buy him bottles of water. I have tried putting tap water in bottles and he knows. He wants me to open the bottle in front of him, as if he is saying ‘I am not a fool’.
“He will wait until I put the bottled water in and then drink it. So not only does he have his own food, he has to have his own water too. He is definitely high maintenance. It is as if he is saying ‘you have chosen me, now look after me the way you should’.”
Lizzi claims “spoilt” Henry often gives her the silent treatment by “turning his back” on her if she stops him sitting on her knee. —Wires.
