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posted by martyb on Monday April 01 2019, @04:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the hope-she-has-help-with-child-care dept.

A Bangladeshi woman gave birth normally and left the hospital, only to return and give birth to fraternal twins less than a month later.

the mom wasn't aware of her unique situation until she was forced to seek medical attention for lower abdominal pain and got an ultrasound.

This was possible because the woman was born with a second uterus.

Women born with two uteruses aren't unheard of. The formal name for the condition is called uterus didelphys. Estimates of how common it is are grainy, largely because many women experience no symptoms as a result of the condition. But it's probably very rare. One 2011 review, for instance, estimated that 0.3 percent of women in the general population had two uteruses.

The birth of the twins occurred 26 days after the delivery of her first baby.

Quirky as the woman's story is, it has troubling implications. The lack of an ultrasound that's standard practice in countries like the U.S. is indicative of the poor healthcare system in Bangladesh

Fortunately all three births were without issue.


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @10:24AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @10:24AM (#823011)

    And yet they seem to have had no problems producing children for the last several hundred thousand years.

    Sure, but they die more often and they have to live with childbirth-related injuries that decrease their quality of life permanently because they don't have access to better care more often. Not that most first-world countries are particular good when it comes to childbirth, but they're certainly better than the alternatives.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @02:05PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @02:05PM (#823073)

    i'm sort of surprised that in one of the most populous and growing areas of the world, someone has directed a concern about the lack of reproductive healthcare. if anything, birth control should be provided upon request.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday April 01 2019, @02:49PM (1 child)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 01 2019, @02:49PM (#823089) Journal

      OMG !!! - - that sounds like -- (gasp!) -- Socialism !!!

      Heaven forbid that public taxpayer money could be used for . . . used for . . . for something like . . . that would benefit society and the lives of everyone as a whole over time!

      It just cannot be allowed!

      --
      People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 02 2019, @04:37AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 02 2019, @04:37AM (#823449)

        Good point.

        From the view of a child, what could be worse than having to come out of a momma who does not want you?