Twins born 5 years Apart?

Sept1799 · January 2012

On AOL News...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/reuben-and-floren-blake-twins-born-five-years-apart_n_1184084.html?1325708920&ncid=webmail2

[Deleted User] · January 2012

"Blake began fertility treatment in 2005 and, according to the report, she was implanted with five embryos. Following the treatment, her son Reuben was born on December 9th, 2006.

Rueben's sister, Floren, was conceived from the same group of embryos, but hers was frozen for five years before being implanted into her mother"

Um, maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't this make them just siblings? Multiple embryos =/= twins.

Sept1799 · January 2012

sofamonkey:

"Blake began fertility treatment in 2005 and, according to the report, she was implanted with five embryos. Following the treatment, her son Reuben was born on December 9th, 2006.

Rueben's sister, Floren, was conceived from the same group of embryos, but hers was frozen for five years before being implanted into her mother"

Um, maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't this make them just siblings? Multiple embryos =/= twins.

Good point....

pinkiemo · January 2012

sofamonkey:

"Blake began fertility treatment in 2005 and, according to the report, she was implanted with five embryos. Following the treatment, her son Reuben was born on December 9th, 2006.

Rueben's sister, Floren, was conceived from the same group of embryos, but hers was frozen for five years before being implanted into her mother"

Um, maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't this make them just siblings? Multiple embryos =/= twins.

Yeaaahhhh... I think they either got to share an egg or cohabit a uterus.

jarebearsmom · January 2012

Sept1799:
sofamonkey:

"Blake began fertility treatment in 2005 and, according to the report, she was implanted with five embryos. Following the treatment, her son Reuben was born on December 9th, 2006.

Rueben's sister, Floren, was conceived from the same group of embryos, but hers was frozen for five years before being implanted into her mother"

Um, maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't this make them just siblings? Multiple embryos =/= twins.

Good point....

I don't get it either... I'm not sure how that stuff works though... Maybe since if 2 of the embryos had worked they would have been twins but since they froze the rest and she got pg from those later they are twins? It hurts my head just thinking about it lol

rnfromtn · January 2012

pinkiemo:
sofamonkey:

"Blake began fertility treatment in 2005 and, according to the report, she was implanted with five embryos. Following the treatment, her son Reuben was born on December 9th, 2006.

Rueben's sister, Floren, was conceived from the same group of embryos, but hers was frozen for five years before being implanted into her mother"

Um, maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't this make them just siblings? Multiple embryos =/= twins.

This is what I was thinking...

Yeaaahhhh... I think they either got to share an egg or cohabit a uterus.

hopecounts · January 2012

Stupidity about infertility treatments drive me crazy.

they came from embryos created during IVF, they are not twins just siblings.

Also it's transferred not implanted. Embryos are transferred into the uterus.

Implantation occurs when the embryo settles into the lining. If doctors could actually implant embryos IVF would be much more successful.

ABColeslaw · January 2012

I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering how the heck they are twins.

schnappycat · January 2012

Guess my kids are twins, too! Oy.

We sometimes joke about this since they were created at the same time (and look quite a bit alike), but they have to share a uterus to be considered twins, I believe.

pawstech09 · January 2012

It was hard to read that article while rolling my eyes the whole time... they just wanted to feel extra special and get some publicity/a good article I guess. They would have been twins had they both implanted and been born together, but not now, they're just siblings.

jenkm · January 2012

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

I'm pretty sure if we do IVF again and get pregnant, our twins won't suddenly become triplets.

shopgirl78 · January 2012

Yeah, I don't get it either.

lilydeven · January 2012

meh.

They could be twins if say, one egg was fertilized and it split into two. They transferred one to mom and the other they froze and then transferred 5 years later. Maybe then.

For now they are just siblings.

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