Kelsey Hatcher, 32, was born with two uteruses and is now pregnant with twins who live in each of her uterine cavities, in a pregnancy that is extremely rare.
A woman from the US state of Alabama, who was born with two uteruses, is pregnant with twins who live in each of her uterine cavities.
Kelsey Hatcher, 32, who tells her story on her “doubleuhatchlings” Instagram page, has known since she was 17 that her uterus is didelphys, meaning it has two cavities. According to estimates, around 0.3% of women suffer from this malformation.
It was during a routine ultrasound in May that Hatcher, already a mother of three, discovered that not only was she pregnant with twins, but she was also pregnant. each fetus had its own uterus.
“We were amazed! During that first ultrasound we laughed A LOT,” noted Kelsey Hatcher on Instagram.
“Most likely she ovulated separately and one egg went down each fallopian tube,” Shweta Patel, an obstetrician treating Hatcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Mother and Child Center, told ABC. .
It is likely that “the sperm went up to each uterus and fertilization occurred separately.”he added.
A double uterus is often associated with a high risk of complications, but her first three children were born healthy and full term.
Pregnancy in both uteruses is extremely rare.
Kelsey Hatcher said doctors told her there was a one in 50 million chance of such an eventuality occurring.
The best-known case occurred in Bangladesh in 2019, when Arifa Sultana, then 20 years old, gave birth to two healthy babies 26 days apart.
The North American hopes to be able to give birth to “babies A and B” naturally on the scheduled date, Christmas day.
The pregnancy is going well so far but The uterus can contract at different times, minutes, hours or even days.
Kelsey and her husband, Caleb, know that one or two C-sections may be necessary.
Source: Observadora
