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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 01 2019, @02:27PM (1 child)
Maybe it is good to not have an ultrasound.
China did the sort of medical study that wouldn't get past ethics review here in the USA. They did ultrasounds or skipped them, then aborted the kids and dissected their brains. It turns out that the ultrasounds cause physical changes to the brain structure.
Technically, they didn't prove it to be bad. Maybe getting your brain rearranged by an ultrasound is good, hmmm? Reasonable people would guess otherwise. It is notable that the rise in autism coincides with the rise in ultrasounds.
Now THAT is something the medical industry doesn't want to hear.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday April 02 2019, @01:24AM
Of course they can't hear it, it's ultrasound =P
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...