California couple Odalis and Antonio Martinez took the ‘be fruitful and multiply’ edict to new levels when they ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ their youngest daughter just five days after ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠɪɴɢ another daughter.
“I got pregnant
Her 9-month-old babies, Lilo and Imelda Martinez-Atoyac, were born minutes apart on August 10, 2021. The precious pair are the product of an extremely rare phenomenon known as sᴜᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ- a double pregnancy that happens when a ꜰᴇᴛᴜs is formed while another ꜰᴇᴛᴜs is already present in the ᴜᴛᴇʀᴜs.
when I was already pregnant,” the 25-year-old full-time mother of two from San Pablo, Calif., said. “I’m just saying they’re twins, but after reading a lot of articles, I know they’re technically not twins. But it’s just confusing to people, so I just tell them, ‘Yeah, they’re twins.’”