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Video Courtesy of KSL.com
Angie Cromer got pregnant -- while she was pregnant.
The Murray, Utah, woman was born with two uteruses. That means her babies will not be twins. They likely will be born a few days apart from two separate pregnancies.
KLS, the NBC affiliate the Salt Lake City, reports the odds of that happening are about one in five million.
Such births are extraordinarily rare, Cromar's obstetrician, Dr. Steve Terry, tells the station.
"Probably less than a hundred so far worldwide have been reported," he says. "So she's a member of a very small elite club."
Terry tells KLS he and Cromar discovered there were two babies while doing an ultrasound.
"Angie and I both had the look of surprise," he tells KLS.
Cromar, 34, was born with what's called didelphys, meaning two uteruses. In a female fetus, the uterus starts out as two small tubes. As the fetus develops, the tubes normally join to create one larger, hollow organ -- the uterus. Sometimes, however, the tubes don't join completely, and, instead, each one develops into a separate cavity.
Cromar, a labor and delivery nurse, tells KLS she knows her condition can result in pre-term labor and/or low birth weight.
"Oh, I'm a little nervous, just because I know what can happen, but I'm really excited," she tells the station.
Although just about 20 weeks along, the babies are creating a buzz in the medical community, Terry tells KLS.
"As far as setting up bleachers and selling tickets, we are not anticipating that, though," he jokes.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
7-21-2010 @ 10:09PM
Helen said...The first time I got pregnant it ended in a miscarriage. After that I had to have a D/C. It was at this time the GYN doctors found out that I have a septum, just like what divides your nose, all thru my female parts. They went in afterwards and removed what they could. My second time around I carried my daughter on my left side, my third time I carried her on the right side. It was amazing and when I did my visits to the OB doctor all the residents came in for a look. Should have charged them,,,,,LOL. Both of my girls were premature, one with a birth weight of 3 and one half pounds and the youngest at 3 and three quarters. Both spent six weeks in ICU before I was able to take them home. It's hard to see your child hooked up to all these machines with needles everywhere but my two were fighters. I thank God every day. They are now 22 and 15.
I wish this young lady nothing but the best and pray she is ready to deal with any health problems the two can develop.
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7-26-2010 @ 5:18PM
Diane in NC said...I was told by my doctor, following the Caesarean section birth (nearly 40 yrs. ago) of my son, that I have nearly a double uterus. (Supposedly unknown prior; wouldn't ultrasounds have shown that?) He said it's about half normal size and juts out the side from the major uterus. Don't recall what chances were for additional pregnancy that way, but did have subsequent ectopic one, which resulted in miscarriage and my near death. Difficulties for sure.
7-26-2010 @ 7:26PM
Georgia Lee McElhaney said...I do believe that the uterus is there before the egg can be impregnated and deposited into the uterus and a fetus develop. Afterbirths leave the mother; the uterus stays. Otherwise there would be no need for hysterectomies.
Georgia Lee McElhaney
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