A woman with two uteruses became pregnant in both wombs

Doctors are preparing for special difficulties during childbirth

An amazing case was recorded in the USA. A young Alabama woman with two uteruses found herself pregnant in both wombs: Kelsey Hatcher, 32, who was expecting girls, only learned last spring that she had been diagnosed with a rare uterine anomaly.

An Alabama woman with two uteruses is expecting girls in both wombs in what doctors say is an “amazing” and rare pregnancy.

How tells The Guardian, Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mother of three, was born with a rare uterine abnormality called didelphis uteri, or two uteruses. However, she was not diagnosed with the disease until this past spring, when she discovered that she was pregnant—in every uterus.

Kelsey Hatcher says her husband almost didn’t believe her.

“He said, ‘You’re lying,’ and I said, ‘No, you’re not,’” Hatcher told NBC News.

Uterine didelphys affects about 0.3% of women, writes The Guardian. According to fertility researchers, this anomaly forms in a female embryo at a very early stage of development, around the eighth week of pregnancy.

“The fact that both ovaries ovulated at or around the same time is quite striking,” said Dr. Haley Miller, a fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine specializing in maternal-fetal medicine and a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians. and gynecologists.

As Hatcher prepares for the arrival of two babies, doctors are preparing to bring in additional staff to deliver Hatcher. Women with two uteruses and two cervixes can present special challenges for doctors.

“I have cared for many patients with two uteruses and two cervixes, and it is often difficult to even induce labor with two cervixes and two uteruses,” explains Dr. Miller.

The babies may even be born hours or days apart because the uteruses can contract on their own. Hatcher’s doctors also told NBC about the risks of a C-section for a woman with two uteruses, namely that there may be more blood loss because two incisions will be required (one in each uterus).

While everyone seems to agree that pregnancy is remarkable, one controversial issue is how to describe the babies – as siblings or fraternal twins? According to local news station WVTM, Hatcher is due around Christmas.