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Woman With Rare Double Uterus Gives Birth To Twins
By CNN staff
CNN - A woman with the rare condition of two uteruses deliv- ered twins, one from each womb, last month at a hospital in northwestern China, according to health officials and state media.
The mother, identified
only be her last name Li, welcomed a boy and a girl via cae- sarean section, the Xi’an People’s Hospital in Shaanxi province said, calling it a “one in a million” occurrence.
“It is extremely rare for twins to be con- ceived naturally in each cavity of the
uterus, and even rarer for them to be carried to term,” the hospital said on its official account on China’s X-like social media platform Weibo on September 18.
According to the hos- pital, the new mother was born with two cervixes and two uteruses, a condition
called uterine didel- phys found in about 1 in 2,000 women.
Her story has capti- vated Chinese social media and become a trending topic, with more than 50 million views in recent days, many users sharing messages of awe.
“That’s a miracle!”
one user wrote, while another said, “How lucky she is!”. Some expressed concern for the mother, one user writing “this must have been tough and dangerous for her!”
Li’s story appeared to show a happy out- come after facing such circumstances, with the hospital dis- closing she had mis- carried a previous pregnancy.
But in January, Li became pregnant again and discovered during an early ultra- sound that she was expecting not just one child but twins – one in each womb.
After “close and strict” medical monitoring, she “successfully” gave birth to a boy weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces and a girl weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces, the hospital said.
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