Woman pregnant in each of her two uteruses gives birth to twins
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An Alabama woman with the rare condition of two uteruses, and who became pregnant in each uterus earlier this year, gave birth to twins last week a day apart.
An Alabama woman with the rare condition of two uteruses, and who became pregnant in each uterus earlier this year, gave birth to twins last week a day apart.
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.
Hatcher was induced at 39 weeks and throughout labour had twice the monitoring and twice the charting and was assigned two labour and delivery nurses, the release says.
Baby A, named Roxi, was born vaginally at 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 19.
“There was a cheer from everyone in the room when the first baby was delivered, but there was another baby left,” Dr. Shweta Patel, Hatcher’s obstetrician, said in the news release. “Kelsey was essentially labouring in the left uterus while simultaneously undergoing the postpartum process in the right.”
While having contractions with Baby B, Hatcher was already breastfeeding Baby A, Patel noted.
And nearly 10 hours later, Baby B, named Rebel, was delivered by Cesarean section at 6:10 a.m. on Dec. 20.
