Mother pregnant with two babies at the same time but they are not twins?

[cougjunkie]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11552888

This is pretty crazy less than 100 cases in the world. She was born with 2 uterus or is it uteri? She is now pregnant and she has babies growing in both but they are at different stages. One is 5 weeks the other 6 weeks.

[beefytee]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11552888

This is pretty crazy less than 100 cases in the world. She was born with 2 uterus or is it uteri? She is now pregnant and she has babies growing in both but they are at different stages. One is 5 weeks the other 6 weeks.

Reminds me of the line from Juno when the girl asks her dad, "what trouble can I get into? I'm already pregnant".

Apparently certain pregnant girls can get into more trouble.

[Donuthole]

From the same or different fathers? Smells like the inspiration for the next Sandra Bullock romantic comedy?

[Indy Coug]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11552888

This is pretty crazy less than 100 cases in the world. She was born with 2 uterus or is it uteri? She is now pregnant and she has babies growing in both but they are at different stages. One is 5 weeks the other 6 weeks.

There was a girl in one of my past wards with this anatomical feature. She had only one kid.

[Jacob]

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11552888

This is pretty crazy less than 100 cases in the world. She was born with 2 uterus or is it uteri? She is now pregnant and she has babies growing in both but they are at different stages. One is 5 weeks the other 6 weeks.

This is crazy. I just watched his episode on Amazing Births (or something like that) on Discovery Health last night about a girl in Chicago. My wife loves that stuff, I don't, but happened to be in the room at the time.

[statman]

Reminds me of the line from Juno when the girl asks her dad, "what trouble can I get into? I'm already pregnant".

Apparently certain pregnant girls can get into more trouble.

I think it was "shenanigans"

[Parrot Head]

From the same or different fathers? Smells like the inspiration for the next Sandra Bullock romantic comedy?

I like it! And there's got to be a way to work the word "donuthole" into the script.

[doctorcoug]

Umm, being the cool case really sucks. Sounds like fun now, but I'd be worried about baby B dying or maternal hemorrhage during delivery.

[marsupial]

When I was pregnant with my first I dreamt that I went in for an ultrasound and was informed that there were now two babies in there, three months apart gestationally. Little did I know this was possible for some women. But I would think your body would keep you from ovulating once you were pregnant, even if you had another uterus.

[wuapinmon]

Umm, being the cool case really sucks. Sounds like fun now, but I'd be worried about baby B dying or maternal hemorrhage during delivery.

Sometimes being a physician is a curse. Too much knowledge. My wife felt like that when she read, What to Expect When You're Expecting, and Why You Should Buy Our Other Book: How Not to Absolutely Freak Out When You Read The Companion Guide.

[doctorcoug]

Sometimes being a physician is a curse. Too much knowledge. My wife felt like that when she read, What to Expect When You're Expecting, and Why You Should Buy Our Other Book: How Not to Absolutely Freak Out When You Read The Companion Guide.

ignorance is bliss...My wife has delivered two since I started med school and each time I get more nervous.

[CJF]

Umm, being the cool case really sucks. Sounds like fun now, but I'd be worried about baby B dying or maternal hemorrhage during delivery.

I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn last night, so this is probably a really dumb question. Only one week apart, why wouldn't her physician perform a C-Section for both at the same time?

[doctorcoug]

I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn last night, so this is probably a really dumb question. Only one week apart, why wouldn't her physician perform a C-Section for both at the same time?

They will. But, it this is still with risks:

Here are some questions, how functional are her cervices? Will she even make it to term? What is the blood supply? Is it from four uterine arteries or two with rami?

C-Sections with twin gestation generally have a blood loss of about 1.5 liters. Now, imagine twin gestation where you have to cut a uterus twice. That, in of itself, is a problem.

What is the best surgical incision?

How do you retract uterus B (with baby in it) to get to the anterior portion of uterus A? I just envision a uterus that lies facing laterally, which will make that uterine delivery a total mess. Patient would be a risk for cutting a uterine artery--->possible hemorrhage and hysterectomy, ALL BEFORE BABY B WAS BORN! Or, do you leave the hemorrhage, cut out B, then have one surgeon sew up uterus A (or perform hysterectomy) while the assistant surgeon sews up uterus B?

I don't envy the surgeon. I know gall bladders have crazy amounts of variations, which is what makes them higher risk than what you might think, but this type of variation just seems so foreign and fraught with problems.