Weird World: Woman with two wombs gives birth to twins a month after having another baby
A Bangladeshi woman has given birth to twins almost one month after delivering a premature baby boy.
According to the BBC a woman named Arifa Sultana aged 20 years old, gave birth to a baby in late February, but 26 days later was rushed again to another hospital after feeling pain in her stomach.
Doctors found she was still pregnant with twins in a second uterus and performed an emergency cesarean. Her twins were found to be healthy and were discharged with no complications.
Ms. Sultana, who is from a rural village, delivered her first baby at the Khulna Medical College Hospital in Khulna district. Just 26 days later, she complained of stomach pain and was rushed to the Ad-din Hospital in Jessore district on 21 March, Dr. Sheila Poddar, the gynecologist who performed the Caesarean told the BBC.
"When the patient came in we performed an ultrasound on her and found there were twin babies," Dr. Poddar said. "We were very shocked and surprised. I have never observed something like this before," she added.
According to Dr. Poddar, Ms. Sultana and her husband are "very poor" and she had "never had an ultrasound before", in the run-up to her first delivery. She had no idea that she had two other babies," said Dr. Poddar. "We carried out a cesarean and she delivered twins, one male, and female."
The 20-year-old and her newborns were discharged on 25 March after four days in the hospital. "The she and the babies are all healthy. I am very, very happy that everything went well," Dr. Poddar said.
The report further noted that one gynecologist in Singapore said uterus didelphys the condition of having two uteruses is "not as rare as people think". If you go for a scan beforehand it would be very obvious to see two sets of uteruses. But obviously, they are from a more rural area [and might not have access to ultrasound scanning]," Dr. Christopher Ng of the GynaeMD Clinic told the BBC.
"[It's likely that] three eggs ovulated and were fertilized at the same time during her fertile period which resulted in three embryos."
Ms. Sultana said she was happy with her children but was concerned that raising them would put a strain on her financial situation. Her husband earns less than 6,000 takas (£53; $95) a month as a laborer, but he said he would "try his best.
In this article:Arifa Sultana, Dr. Christopher Ng, gynecologist, Khulna Medical College Hospital, uterus