I conceived using IVF... but was already pregnant with twins
She had feared she might never have a baby of her own after years of failing to conceive.
So when Beata Bienias underwent IVF and doctors confirmed it had been a success, she and her husband were overjoyed. however, when they went for their first scan they received a surprise. For not only was Mrs Bienias, 36, having a baby through IVF, the mother-to-be had also conceived twins naturally – meaning the couple were actually expecting triplets. One fertility expert said she had never come across a pregnancy like it. Amelia and non-identical twins Matylda and Borys were born at the Royal United hospital, Bath on December 13. Mrs Bienias, a factory worker from Corsham in Wiltshire, said: ‘I spent many days thinking that maybe I was the person who would never have a baby. I never thought there would be three in there.’ Mrs Bienias struggled to have children for almost decade due to polycystic ovaries, brought on by weighing more than 17 stone. She went on a strict diet, losing five stone in six months, and was then permitted to undergo IVF last spring. She began having the injections in April, and the embryo transfer took place on May 2. however, she also conceived twins the same week – because she and husband
Pawel, 40, ignored a no-sex rule in the days before egg collection. Recalling the moment she found out the news, she added: ‘The sonographer turned to my husband and asked if he wanted to sit down. Then she showed us there were three
babies in there.’ Fertility expert emma Cannon, who has worked in the field for 25 years, said: ‘I have never encountered anyone who has conceived naturally before, or around the time of, embryo transfer, and then gone on to become pregnant via the IVF cycle as
well.’ Amelia was born weighing 5lb 2oz, Matylda weighed 4lb 5oz, and Borys was just 4lb –but they are all now progressing well. Mrs Bienias added: ‘I had no idea what to expect from being a mum-of-three all of a sudden. But I’m so happy.’