Twoterus

Wow, I had to look this up to understand the mechanics of uterine didelphys… She has one vagina, but two cervixes and the uterus is basically divided down the middle. Think cleft palate, but with a uterus (I feel like the comparison is apt).

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23301-uterus-didelphys

This is the best summary I could come up with:

After a combined 20 hours of labor, Kelsey Hatcher gave birth to her third and fourth children, a set of rare twins, on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, according to a news release from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital.

“I think it is safe to call the girls fraternal twins,” said Richard O. Davis, professor in the UAB Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a doctor who co-managed Hatcher’s pregnancy.

Case studies estimate the chances of pregnancy like this – a woman with two uteruses carrying a baby in each one at the same time – at around 1 in 2 billion in the general population, though it’s impossible to know for sure with something this infrequent.

“Never in our wildest dreams could we have planned a pregnancy and birth like this, but bringing our two healthy baby girls into this world safely was always the goal, and UAB helped us accomplish that,” Hatcher said, “It seems appropriate that they had two birthdays, though.

Hatcher, who spoke to CNN earlier this year, was born with two uteruses, a condition called uterine didelphys.

Hatcher said the ultrasound tech thanked her for letting her know and said she would just take a quick peek at the second uterus to make sure everything looked good.

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