The ultrasound image that was taken during the woman's pregnancy. Photo Xi'an No.4 Hospital.
A Chinese woman with an uncommon condition of two uteruses delivered twins, one from each womb, last month at a hospital in northwestern China, according to health officials and state media.
The mother, identified only be her last name Li, welcomed a boy and a girl via caesarean section, the Xi’an People’s Hospital in Shaanxi province said, calling it a “one in a million” occurrence.
“It is extremely rare for twins to be conceived naturally in each cavity of the uterus, and even rarer for them to be carried to term,” the hospital said on its official account on China’s X-like social media platform Weibo on September 18.
According to the hospital, the new mother was born with two cervixes and two uteruses, a condition called uterine didelphys found in about 1 in 2,000 women.
Her story has captivated Chinese social media and become a trending topic, with more than 50 million views in recent days, many users sharing messages of awe.
“That’s a miracle!” one user wrote, while another said, “How lucky she is!”. Some expressed concern for the mother, one user writing “this must have been tough and dangerous for her!”
Li’s story appeared to show a happy outcome after facing such circumstances, with the hospital disclosing she had miscarried a previous pregnancy.
But in January, Li became pregnant again and discovered during an early ultrasound that she was expecting not just one child but twins – one in each womb.
After “close and strict” medical monitoring, she “successfully” gave birth to a boy weighing 7 pounds, 19 ounces and a girl weighing 5 pounds, 30 ounces, the hospital said.
一名擁有罕見雙子宮的中國婦女產下雙胞胎
據衛生官員和官方媒體報道，上個月，一名患有罕見的兩個子宮疾病的婦女在中國西北部的一家醫院產下了雙胞胎，每個子宮各產一個雙胞胎。
陝西省西安市人民醫院稱，這名母親姓李，透過剖腹產產下一男一女，稱這種情況為「百萬分之一」。
9月18日，該醫院在中國類似X的社交媒體平台微博上的官方帳號上表示，“雙胞胎在兩個子宮腔中自然受孕的情況極為罕見，而足月的情況更是罕見。”
據醫院稱，這位新媽媽出生時有兩個子宮頸和兩個子宮，這種情況稱為雙子宮，大約每 2000 名女性中就有 1 人發現這種情況。
她的故事吸引了中國社交媒體的關注，並成為熱門話題，最近幾天的瀏覽量超過 5000 萬，許多用戶分享了敬畏之情。
“這真是一個奇蹟！” 一位用戶寫道，另一位用戶則說：「她真幸運！」。 有些人表達了對這位母親的擔憂，一位用戶寫道“這對她來說一定是艱難和危險的！”
面對這樣的情況，李的故事似乎呈現出幸福的結局，醫院透露她之前懷孕時流產了。
但在一月，李再次懷孕，並在早期超音波檢查中發現，她懷的不僅僅是一個孩子，而是雙胞胎——每個子宮裡都有一個。
醫院稱，經過「密切、嚴格」的醫療監護，她「成功」產下一名重7磅19盎司的男孩和一名重5磅30盎司的女孩。
Source: CNN
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