> Woman conceives triplets while pregnant
>
> An Italian woman already pregnant with one child has become
> pregnant again with triplets.
>
> Doctors say the 20-year-old conceived for the second time during
> her third month of pregnancy.
>
> A specialist in Rome says only 20 other similar cases have ever
> been reported.
>
> The woman from Ascoli Piceno, central Italy, who has not been
> named, will give birth to the first baby later this month and the
> triplets in December.
>
> Professor Carlo Flaminii of Sant'Eugenio hospital in Rome says
> the situation is very rare.
>
> He told the Corriere Adriatico newspaper the ovulation process
> usually stops during the first month of a "normal" pregnancy.
>
> But, in this case, he said: "The woman has been found fertile
> even later and this has caused the double pregnancy."
>
> Story filed: 15:49 Wednesday 10th October 2001
>
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