Woman born with two uteruses pregnant in both

[LadyStanley]

She was born with a second uterus. She's pregnant in both.

When Kelsey Hatcher visited her obstetrician for an ultrasound this year, she smiled when an image of a healthy fetus appeared on the screen. Before leaving, Hatcher asked the nurse for further examination. Hatcher had been born with a second uterus, and she wanted the nurse to check on the...

news.yahoo.com

Such an anomaly.

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[beowulf]

It is amazing but I want to say I read that this happened to another lady a few years ago.

 

[JMCx4]

"When Hatcher was a teenager in November 2008, she said doctors in Birmingham discovered that she had been born with two uteruses and two cervices - a condition called uterus didelphys that occurs in about 0.3 percent of women ..."

The mind boggles.

 

[Primary Assist]

Does she get two periods every month? If she had three uteri, would she have an ellipsis every month?

 

[beowulf]

Does she get two periods every month? If she had three uteri, would she have an ellipsis every month?

I had not though of the periods...2 a month? At the same time? different times? Man that part must suck.

 

[JMCx4]

I had not though of the periods...2 a month? At the same time? different times? Man that part must suck.

Doing the math (correctly, I hope) ... Statista.com reported there were 3.95 billion women in the world as of 2022. If as the Yahoo!News article reports, 0.3% of that population group have uterus didelphys, then that equates to 11,850,000 women with the condition. Seems like that gives you a fair chance of knowing one of them, so ask around & report back to this thread. Thanks.

 

[LadyStanley]

Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days

An Alabama woman gives birth to Roxi and Rebel after a "one-in-a-million" dicavitary pregnancy.

news.yahoo.com

Two healthy girls delivered. One born vaginally, one by c-section.

 

[JMCx4]

Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days

An Alabama woman gives birth to Roxi and Rebel after a "one-in-a-million" dicavitary pregnancy.

news.yahoo.com

Two healthy girls delivered. One born vaginally, one by c-section.

God bless them all. Gonna make for some head scratching stories as those girls grow up.

ETA: Double monitoring & staffing required? I hope the parents are ready for a long drawn out negotiation with their insurance carrier.