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A Chinese woman has made headlines after she remarkably gave birth to twins from her two uteruses \u2014 an event one doctor has described as a “one in a million” event.<\/p>\n

The woman, known as Li, has two complete uteruses \u2014 a condition called uterus didelphys<\/a>, which occurs in only 0.3% of all women. According to Cleveland Clinic, the uterine cavity in each uterus is narrower than normal, and each uterus has its own fallopian tube and ovary.<\/p>\n

While the condition is rare, it is even rarer that Li conceived naturally in both uteruses, which led to her giving birth to twins. According to South China Morning Post<\/a>, women with a double-uterus pregnancy “are at an increased risk of repeated miscarriages, premature birth, underdevelopment of the fetus, and postpartum hemorrhages.”<\/p>\n

Reportedly, Li had previously suffered a miscarriage at 27 weeks, which caused doctors to monitor her even more closely in order to give her twins the best chance possible at survival.<\/p>\n

Her babies, a boy and a girl, were delivered via c-section weighing 3.3kg (7.28lbs) and 2.4kg (5.29lbs). The twins were healthy and were discharged from the hospital, alongside Li, four days after birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing pregnant in each of the two uteruses through natural conception is very rare. We have only heard of a couple of such cases from both China and abroad,\u201d said Cai Ying, an obstetrician at the the Xi\u2019an hospital where the babies were delivered. \u201cIt\u2019s even rarer that a woman with this condition would successfully give birth after 37 weeks,\u201d she said. Ying added that it was a \u201cone in a million\u201d occurrence.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Live Action News shared the story of an Alabama mom<\/a> named Kelsey Hatcher who also had twins from double uteruses.<\/p>\n

\u201cA double cervix or double uteruses way under 1% [sic<\/i>], maybe three per 1,000 women might have that,” Dr. Richard Davis, a UAB maternal-fetal medicine who treated Hatcher said. “And then the probability of you having a twin in each horn is really crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Chinese woman has made headlines after she remarkably gave birth to twins from her two uteruses \u2014 an event one doctor has described as a “one in a million” event. The woman, known as Li, has two complete uteruses \u2014 a condition called uterus didelphys, which occurs in only 0.3% of all women. 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