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Twins from two wombs, the waters of youth and a metal-munching Indian weightlifter

DOUBLE BARREL (AGAIN!) Kelsey Hatcher, 32, of Birmingham, Alabama, gave birth to twins in December 2023, each of which had undergone gestation in separate wombs. Hatcher had known since she was a teenager that she had the rare condition uterus didelphys, giving her two separate uteruses. This is found in less than 0.3 per cent of women, and it is rare for someone to be simultaneously pregnant in both. Hatcher gave birth to her first child on 19 December, and the second on the 20th, so the twins, girls whom she has named Roxi and Rebel, have different birthdays as well as coming from separate wombs. The first was delivered vaginally, but the second by C-section. There are less than 20 cases of uterus didelphys twins on record (see FT296:23…

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