According to foreign media reports, a foreign woman was told that she was infertile but gave birth to two children in one year because she had two uteruses, and the two children were pregnant in different uteruses.
Caroline Wortman, 30, was tested after her first daughter, Josie, was born when she found herself nearly ten weeks pregnant with her second child.
Caroline's family of four
This happened when Caroline was diagnosed with a rare double uterus and was diagnosed with infertility by doctors, who said caroline was born with two reproductive systems.
Caroline said that when she was diagnosed by doctors that she had "two uterus" and was likely to be "infertile", she was surprised to have a baby from the beginning to now. Her husband had been comforting her, and she had come out of the shadow of infertility.
But the couple still did not give up, after trying, Caroline finally became pregnant with the first child Josie, the child was born in the examination, the doctor found that she was pregnant again, and this time with the second womb pregnant with the second womb. At the time of the examination, the doctor said caroline was close to ten weeks pregnant.
Caroline with her husband and their first child
After examining Caroline, the doctor said that Josie had grown up in Caroline's left womb, whereas Brooks had grown up in her right uterus.
When a female fetus grows, the uterus begins with two catheters that normally fuse together to form a reproductive system. But women with a double uterus do not undergo full embryonic development and can have two full reproductive systems at birth. That said, Caroline has two complete incubation systems.
Caroline said she knew about it when she was 18 years old, saying, "Honestly, I didn't think so at the time because I didn't think it made any difference. It's just that the doctor told me it might be infertile and that if I did get pregnant, the risk could be high. ”
Caroline's second child was not in great shape
Caroline's second child, Brooks Daniel Hayes Waterman, was born, weighed just 5 pounds and 5 ounces, and spent nine days in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Brooks is in the intensive care unit
She shared her pregnancy story on foreign media, and the video, which now has more than 930,000 views, said: "Infertility and thinking you're going to be infertile are two different things, and I'm just encouraging women not to give up if they want to be mothers." ”
Brooks photo
"I don't remember actually encountering any stories during my pregnancy that were related to my specific diagnosis, so I hope this is the case for at least one woman."
Nine Pai News intern reporter Hong Zhixuan