An Alabama woman who was born with two wombs is pregnant with both, according to local WVTM 13.
Kelsey Hatcher, who was also born with two cervixes, and her husband Caleb found out they were pregnant in the spring, when Kelsey was told she was carrying a baby in each womb during her first ultrasound.
“I said, ‘Well, there’s those two.’ AND [my husband] said: ‘You are lying.’ I said, ‘No, I’m not,'” Kelsey told WVTM 13.
She and Caleb are already parents to three children — ages 7, 4 and 2 — and her new additions, both girls, are due at Christmas later this year.
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According to the Mayo Clinic, a double uterus is a rare condition that is “present at birth” in some women, and occurs when two small tubes that normally grow and fuse together to form the uterus as the fetus grows, instead of “failing” to fuse completely. ” and “each develops into a separate organ.” Although each uterus may have its own cervix — the opening to the vagina — “in other cases, each uterus has its own cervix.”
Speaking to WVTM 13, OB/GYN Dr. Shweta Patel told the paper that Kelsey’s pregnancy is “very, very rare.”
“Yes. Obstetricians and gynecologists go their entire careers without seeing anything like this,” Patel added.
UAB Dr. Richard Davis, who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, also spoke to WVTM 13, explaining that “maybe three out of 1,000 women could” have a double cervix, or double uterus.
“And then the odds of having a twin in each horn is really crazy,” Davis added.
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According to Davis, when the time comes for the babies to be born, Kelsey will have to be closely monitored.
“Once she goes into labor, if she does, we’ll have to monitor each uterus and see which ones are contracting and if they’re doing roughly the same or different,” he told WVTM 13.
Patel also explained to the outlet that because Kelsey’s circumstances are so rare, doctors don’t have an official medical term for the two babies.
“I think medically it’s such a rare thing that we don’t have a better way to describe it than to still call them twins,” she said.
And while Kelsey is excited about the new additions, she and Caleb are certain the two babies will be their last pregnancies.
“The third was our last. [And] while we’re certainly grateful for the blessings… this will definitely be the end,” she said.
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