Kelsey Hatcher, a 32-year-old mom of three was born with a rare uterine anomaly called uterus didelphys, or two uteruses. However, she was not diagnosed with the condition until last spring, when she discovered she was pregnant – in each uterus.
Hatcher said her husband almost didn’t believe her.
“He said: ‘You’re lying,’ I said: ‘No, I’m not,” Hatcher told NBC News.
Uterus didelphys affects about 0.3% of women. The abnormality forms in the female embryo very early in development, around eight weeks gestation, according to fertility researchers.
Uh, isn’t that going to be a major complication for all parties involved? For pregnancy and delivery I mean.
It’s Alabama so they won’t be getting help either way
Alabama allows medically necessary abortions.
https://www.abortionfinder.org/abortion-guides-by-state/abortion-in-alabama They have some of the strictest definitions out there, so no, not really
Depends on how well formed the uteruses are. If they’re both healthy, it should be fine. You would be amazed at the ways a person’s body changes to accommodate pregnancies. Idk why this would be any more risky than, say, twins or triplets.
At the Science and Industry museum in Chicago they have/had step by step see-through models of a woman’s guts before, during, and after pregnancy.
I took a date there and we had a great time. Arrived at that exhibit and we just stood there for a minute, witnessing how jumbled up the post pregnancy innards were.
I said, “I’ll never do that to you.”
She said, “Thank you.”
Haha yeah, pregnancy can be amazing from an objective “wow, humans can really do that, huh?” perspective and also horrifying from a subjective “I’m sorry, you said my intestines are where??” perspective 🥲
As someone who decided to be pregnant for the first time right now, I definitely have a healthy heaping of both—at the same time even! It’s a wild and sometimes darkly hilarious experience.
I’m thinking delivery has got to be way more complicated? The hormones that trigger childbirth might trigger both? But maybe with a special c section everything will be fine?
Planned induction could also be a way they could go. Induce one, then the other, or else c-section for one or both as mom prefers and doctors feel is safe. Maybe slightly more complicated, but not necessarily more complicated than normal birth. Birth can get pretty wild anyway, or it can go super smooth! Hoping for the best for this family, especially being in Alabama