One in a million: China woman with 2 uteruses gives birth to a child from each womb
Having two uteruses is extremely rare, and successfully giving birth from both is even more uncommon
A woman in northwest China who was born with the rare medical condition of having two uteruses gave birth to twins in September from both wombs.
The woman, surnamed Li, has a condition that affects only 0.3 per cent of women worldwide. Both of her uteruses were fully formed and included ovaries and oviducts, according to China National Radio.
The double ovary condition is very rare, but it is even more uncommon for a woman to successfully give birth.
Li gave birth to a boy and a girl in early September at Xi’an No 4 Hospital in Shaanxi province when she was eight and a half months pregnant.
Cai Ying, a senior obstetrician at the hospital, was quoted as saying: “Being 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.”