An American mother has just given birth to two babies, one day apart, because she has two uteruses. This is an exceptional, if not rare, situation, and one which could very well concern other women in the rest of the world.
This is a completely exceptional fact, but it would not be unique… A mother has justgiving birth to two little girls just one day apart. It’s possible, but it’s not given to all women because Kelsey Hatcher is gifted witha little-known physical feature. This American living in the state of Alabama already had three children aged 7, 4 and 2 respectively. For them, the birth went perfectly, without any major anomaly, unlike what just happened on December 19.
In a press release published three days later by the University Hospital of Birmingham, we indeed mention a double childbirth which is the fact of a “cavitary pregnancy”, we specify in scientific terms. Kelsey Hatcher two uteruseswhat we call a didelphic uterus. “Each uterus has a fallopian tube and an ovary, and in Kelsey Hatcher’s case, she also has two cervicals.”we further explain, while emphasizing that 0.3% of women are affected by this difference.
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In other words, Kelsey Hatcher was informed of these physical characteristics and of the fact that she was going to give birth to two babies, and not just one, which was explained to her from the first ultrasound according to our colleagues at the BBC. On December 19, she gave birth to two little girls who are doing well, even if the second benefited from a cesarean section 10 hours after the first uttered her first cry. “It’s a good thing the babies have two birthdays. They both had their own ‘houses,’ and now both have their own births”welcomes the mother in the said press release published by the hospital.
In fact, the doctors explain that the two fetuses each had “their own uterus”, “their own bag”, “their placenta and umbilical cord”. According to the doctor who closely followed this pregnancy, this is what allowed the two babies “to have more space to grow and develop”. However, we are indeed talking about binoculars because “It was two babies in one womb at the same time”. “They just had different ‘apartments'”underlines the medical team, which confirms that Kelsey Hatcher has “one in a million chance of getting pregnant twice like this”. In any case, the family has grown and now includes five children…
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