A woman in Alabama who was born with a rare double uterus is pregnant in both uteri.
WVTM, an NBC affiliate in Alabama, reported that Kelsey Hatcher and her husband, Caleb, are growing their family by two in a medical anomaly. The couple are already parents to three children, ages 7, 2 and 2.
Hatcher, who has two uteri that each have their own cervix, discovered she was pregnant in the spring. When she went in for her first ultrasound, she had some big news to share with her husband — not only was she expecting, but she was also pregnant in both of her uteri.
She recalled what she told him, explaining, “I said, ‘Well, there’s two of them in there.’ And he said, ‘You’re lying.’ I said, ‘No, I’m not.’’
Dr. Shweta Patel, an OB/GYN and assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham department of obstetrics and gynecology, told the affiliate that Hatcher’s pregnancy was “very, very rare,” adding, “some OB/GYNs go their whole careers without seeing anything like this.”
Due to Hatcher’s unique position, her pregnancy is considered high-risk.
