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As superfecundation , as Superfekundation or Superfecundatio which is in humans and other mammals fertilization of a second egg in the same menstrual cycle by a second sexual act called.

The consequence can be the carrying out of a two or more twins or multiple pregnancies , sometimes with different fathers. In polygamous mammals, overexploitation usually leads to litters with several fathers.

In the Corpus Hippocraticum there is a writing about exuberance from ancient Greece.

There are reports in the media about women who have two uteri due to a malformation and are said to have been pregnant in both at the same time - sometimes in one of them with twins. In one case in Bangladesh, this is said to have not been discovered due to a lack of funds for ultrasound examinations and to have passed 26 days between births.

The German film comedy Zärtliche Chaoten (1987), at the end of which the female lead (played by Dey Young ) gives birth to three children from the three male lead roles ( Thomas Gottschalk , Helmut Fischer and Michael Winslow ) is an example of exuberance in popular culture .

Individual evidence

  1. Superfecundatio . In: Pschyrembel Dictionary Sexuality. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-016965-7 , p. 526.
  2. Example: triplets have 2 fathers . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , May 19, 2008, "Miscellaneous" section
  3. World premiere: Woman with a double uterus gives birth to triplets. In: Spiegel Online . December 21, 2006, accessed March 29, 2019 .
  4. Mom with 2 uteruses gives birth to boys. In: youtube.com. CNN, January 20, 2012, accessed April 13, 2019 .
  5. Double-womb mother Jennifer Ashwood feared a miscarriage. In: bbc.com. August 3, 2018, accessed March 29, 2019 .
  6. Yvette Tan: Bangladesh woman with two wombs has twins one month after first birth. In: bbc.com. March 29, 2019, accessed March 29, 2019 .