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‘World’s most identical twins’ want to get pregnant together from shared boyfriend

The pair are looking into freezing their eggs at exactly the same time and trying to conceive using IVF, because they ‘want to experience pregnancy together’

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A pair of twins who have been dubbed ‘the most identical in the world’ have revealed they want to get pregnant by their shared boyfriend, at exactly the same time.

Anna and Lucy DeCinque, 34, from Perth, Australia, eat together, sleep together, go to the toilet at the same time, and share a bed with their joint boyfriend of nine years, Ben Byrne, 39.

Appearing on This Morning today, the pair told they’re looking into freezing their eggs at exactly the same time and trying to conceive using IVF because they ‘want to experience pregnancy together’.

‘We want to experience pregnancy together,’ said Lucy, ‘We want to experience everything in life together. We will die together, we will grow old together, that’s how it’s going to be.’

Anna went on: ‘We’re looking into IFV, even freezing our eggs at the same time. Who knows what the future holds, but we want to do it together.

‘It will be a challenge, but everything in our life is a challenge. We want to be together all the time.’

When quizzed on whether they’d be upset if one of them had a boy when the other had a girl, Lucy said: ‘As long as they’re happy and healthy.

The pair told that their boyfriend has been able to tell them apart ‘since day one’, even on the phone, where their own mother hasn’t been able to

‘All we’ve said is, we’d like to experience pregnancy together. As long as the child is happy and healthy that’s all that matters.’

The sisters live with their boyfriend Ben and their mother and share the same king-sized bed with their joint partner.

The pair told that their boyfriend has been able to tell them apart ‘since day one’ and that were previous partners have attempted to ‘separate’ the twins, Ben accepts their ‘bond and closeness’.

‘He’s been able to tell from day one’, said Lucy. ‘Our mum can’t tear us apart and even on the phone he knows.’

Anna went on: ‘The first night we met him, we kissed him, the both of us.’

The sisters reiterated that there is ‘no jealousy’ in the relationship and that Ben receives ‘double the love’ from the twins

Lucy continued: ‘We were like, “We really like this guy, let’s see how it goes”. In the past, we’ve had separate boyfriends and they didn’t understand the bond and our closeness.

‘But Ben accepts us for who we are and everything is equal. Other relationships tried to separate us, but Ben treats us equally and there’s no jealousy whatsoever.’

The sisters reiterated that there are no issues with the unusual set up because Ben receives ‘double the love’ from the twins.

Lucy said: ‘[We’re] never jealous if he kisses Anna he will kiss me straight after and he never separates us.’

Anna and Lucy eat together, sleep together, go to the toilet at the same time, and share a bed with their joint boyfriend, and say they want to ‘due together’

Anna went on: ‘He loves us the way we are. He doesn’t mind that we dress alike, or our quirky habits. He’s our best friend, he’s a keeper.’

Lucy continued: ‘It’s always two against one, but he gets double the love and double the attention, twinning is winning.’

Anna went on to admit that while their bond may be ‘obsessive’, it’s simply ‘how they want to live their life’.

‘We shower together’, said Lucy. ‘We do makeup together, we go to bed at the same time, we eat together, we’re hungry together.’

Anna added: ‘We just wanna be the same, it could be obsessive, but it’s just how we want to live our life, we have that sisterly bond.’

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