Current:Home > MarketsAlabama woman with rare double uterus gives birth to twin girls — on 2 different days-LoTradeCoin
Alabama woman with rare double uterus gives birth to twin girls — on 2 different days
View Date:2024-12-24 07:38:23
A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses and became pregnant in both gave birth to twin girls on different days, she announced on social media Friday.
"Our miracle babies were born!" said Kelsey Hatcher, who wrote "doubleuhatchlings," in a post on her Instagram account.
She added that the girls "decided they were rare enough statistically that they should just go ahead and have their own birthdays too."
The first one, named Roxi Layla, was born on Dec. 19 at 7:49 p.m. local time. She was joined by Rebel Laken a few hours later on Dec. 20 at 6:09 a.m. local time. Each weighed over 7 pounds.
Doctors originally estimated a Christmas due date. But following 20 hours of combined labor after Hatcher was induced at 39 weeks, the sisters arrived just in time to be at home for the holidays with their siblings.
The mother and daughters have been discharged from the hospital, with Hatcher promising to share details about the delivery in future. She said for now, they are taking time to "time bond, recover, and enjoy the holidays!"
Now a family of seven, Hatcher, who is self-employed, is going to take some time off to get adjusted and care for the children, according to a Go Fund Me set up by a friend.
Hatcher knew from the age of 17 that she had "uterus didelphys," a rare congenital condition thought to affect about 0.3 percent of females. In such cases, each uterus has only one ovary and one fallopian tube.
It was during a routine eight-week ultrasound visit in May that Hatcher, a massage therapist and then-mother-of-three, learned not only that she was having twins this time, but that a fetus was present in each of her uteruses.
"As soon as she (the technician) moved the wand to the other uterus, I gasped," Kelsey recalled, according to a statement by University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital.
"Sure enough, there was another baby. We just could not believe it."
Pregnancies in both uteruses are exceedingly rare, according to Shweta Patel, the obstetrician-gynecologist who cared for Hatcher at UAB's Women & Infants Center.
Patel was Hatcher's doctor during her third pregnancy. "But that was only one baby — two babies in two uteri were a true medical surprise," she said in a hospital statement, noting she received additional help from UAB experts in high-risk obstetrics.
Richard Davis, professor at the hospital's Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, said the congenital anomaly of Hatcher's dicavitary twin pregnancy meant her babies were not forced to share a single, cramped womb, a condition that would have made pre-term birth a high possibility.
"With Kelsey's babies, they each had their own womb, sac, placenta and umbilical cord, allowing them extra space to grow and develop," Davis said in the statement, which was accompanied by a hospital-produced video about Hatcher's pregnancy and delivery.
Hatcher said she was told the odds of a double pregnancy in double wombs were one in 50 million — with the last widely known case in Bangladesh in 2019, when Arifa Sultana, then 20, gave birth to healthy babies 26 days apart.
- In:
- Alabama
veryGood! (81)
Related
- See Megan Fox, Machine Gun Kelly, Brian Austin Green and Sharna Burgess' Blended Family Photos
- Bachelor Host Jesse Palmer and Wife Emely Fardo Welcome First Baby
- How Jennifer Lopez Poked Fun at Her Past Marriages in Latest Music Video
- Jessica Biel Proves Son Is Taking After Dad Justin Timberlake's Musical Interest in Rare Photo
- Kevin Costner says he hasn't watched John Dutton's fate on 'Yellowstone': 'Swear to God'
- ‘3 Body Problem’ to open SXSW, ‘The Fall Guy’ also to premiere at Austin festival
- Boston reaches $2.4 million settlement with female police commander over gender discrimination case
- Why Travis Kelce Feels “Pressure” Over Valentine’s Day Amid Taylor Swift Romance
- FC Cincinnati player Marco Angulo dies at 22 after injuries from October crash
- Jimmy Kimmel slammed Aaron Rodgers: When is it OK to not take the high road?
Ranking
- Cruel Intentions' Brooke Lena Johnson Teases the Biggest Differences Between the Show and the 1999 Film
- The Puffer Trend Beyond the Jackets— Pants, Bucket Hats, and Belt Bags From Lululemon and More
- NASA delays Artemis II and III missions that would send humans to the moon by one year
- Lisa Rinna's Confession About Sex With Harry Hamlin After 60 Is Refreshingly Honest
- Queen Bey and Yale: The Ivy League university is set to offer a course on Beyoncé and her legacy
- How Jennifer Lopez Poked Fun at Her Past Marriages in Latest Music Video
- Ready to vote in 2024? Here are the dates for Republican and Democratic primaries and caucuses, presidential election
- Aaron Rodgers Will No Longer Appear on The Pat McAfee Show After Jimmy Kimmel Controversy
Recommendation
-
Biden, Harris participate in Veterans Day ceremony | The Excerpt
-
YouTuber Trisha Paytas Reveals Sex of Baby No. 2 With Husband Moses Hacmon
-
2 young boys, brothers ages 6 and 8, die after falling into icy pond in Wisconsin: Police
-
Securities and Exchange Commission's X account compromised, sends fake post on Bitcoin ETF
-
Louisiana man kills himself and his 1-year-old daughter after a pursuit
-
Tonight's Republican debate in Iowa will only include Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. Here's what to know.
-
Music streams hit 4 trillion in 2023. Country and global acts — and Taylor Swift — fueled the growth
-
Jemele Hill criticizes Aaron Rodgers, ESPN for saying media is trying to cancel him