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Woman With Two Wombs Gives Birth To Twins Month After First Birth

Emma Rosemurgey

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Woman With Two Wombs Gives Birth To Twins Month After First Birth

A woman in Bangladesh has given birth to twins nearly a month after delivering a premature baby boy, BBC reports.

Arifa Sultana gave birth to her son at the end of February, but was rushed into hospital 26 days later with pains in her stomach.

On arrival at hospital, doctors rushed her in for an emergency Caesarean, after discovering she was pregnant with twins in a second uterus.

The 20-year-old had no idea she was still carrying children, but thankfully both twins were delivered healthy and there were no complications.

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Dr Sheila Poddar delivered the twins, telling the BBC: "When the patient came in we performed an ultrasound on her and found there were twin babies.

"We were very shocked and surprised. I have never observed something like this before."

According to Dr Poddar, Arifa had "never had an ultrasound before," in the run up to her first birth, because she and her husband are "very poor."

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"She had no idea that she had two other babies," Dr Poddar continued. "We carried out a caesarean and she delivered twins, one male and female."

After four days in hospital, Arifa and her newborn twins were discharged to return home to Arifa's husband and their first child.

"The babies and her are all healthy. I am very, very happy that everything went well," Dr Poddar said.

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Arifa is one in 1000 women with uterus didelphys, which is when a female develops a double uterus instead of one.

When females develop, the uterus begins as two small tubes in a feotus - which normally join together to form one large organ, however if this process doesn't happen, a double uterus can be formed.

In some women this can cause fertility issues, whereas others - like Arifa - can find themselves pregnant in both uteruses.

It's thought to affect around one in 1,000 women in the UK, however most don't show any symptoms and therefore it isn't picked up until an ultrasound scan is given during pregnancy.

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According to AFP, Arifa was happy with her children, but was worried about how she would be able to raise them financially.

The news agency reports her husband earns less than 6,000 taka (£53) a month as a labourer, but said he would "do his best."

"It was a miracle from Allah that all my children are healthy. I will try my best to keep them happy," Mr Sultana said.

Topics: Life News, Real

Emma Rosemurgey
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