Mom of Twins Gives Birth to Babies Eight Years Apart

Siblings who were conceived at the same time through In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) were born eight years apart, according to the Daily Mail.

Jasmine Billington, the first of the two babies conceived through IVF was born on May 2005 and her baby brother, Simon, was born just last year. Their mother, Lisa, 48, said: "They are theoretically twins because they were conceived at the same time even though I gave birth to them eight years apart. They were identical newborn babies - both of them had a full head of black hair - but when people look at them now, they can't believe that they were conceived at the same time, as Jasmine is eight years older than her brother."

"When he arrived, she was so thrilled. She cuddled him and told my husband and I that she was so excited as she had waited so long for him to arrive. When they are older we will tell them of their remarkable start in life." In 1997, Lisa and her husband decided they wanted to have a family but Nigel's attempt at reversing his previous vasectomy did not end up to be successful. "We really wanted a family and we were disappointed when the vasectomy reversal didn't work. I'd tried other methods too-like drinking soya milk and making sure my waist didn't go beyond 30 inches."

"I tried to have my body in as good a shape as possible to fall pregnant, but nothing was working. I thought I would never be a mom." However, in 2004, they underwent IVF treatment and were able to produce 24 embryos from that treatment cycle. "The doctor was surprised about how many good quality eggs and then embryos we had. So we were optimistic about the treatment."