what is the outrage over the woman expecting two babies but not twins?”
They grew in the same womb and were born only a minute apart. Yet Thomas and Harriet Mullineux are not twins. They were conceived three weeks apart thanks to an extraordinary twist of nature. Their mother Charlotte had been pregnant with twins when at seven weeks she miscarried one of them. But two weeks later, she discovered she was carrying another foetus – conceived separately and still growing in her womb. The surviving twin and the new baby were born last May and, after a health scare, are now home and thriving. Brother and sister: Charlotte Mullineux with Harriet, left, and Thomas. They were conceived three weeks apart Mrs Mullineux, 28, and her husband Matt, a contracts manager for a scaffolding company, were thrilled when they discovered she was pregnant in September 2006. They had been keen to expand their family ever since their two-year-old son James was born. But only a week later, Mrs Mullineux feared she was having a miscarriage and went to hospital. A scan revealed she h
