A woman in England has reportedly given birth to triplets from two separate wombs — a rare condition known to affect one in 1 million women worldwide.
Hannah Kersey, a Northam resident, was born with uterus didelphys, which is when a woman has two wombs instead of one, according to a
Fox News report on her case.
She didn’t believe doctors at first when they told her and partner Mick Faulkner they would soon be welcoming triplets, especially since they had said it was unlikely she would bear children in the separate wombs.
The babies, three girls, were conceived from two different eggs, one in each womb, that were fertilized simultaneously by two different sperm.
Although there have been other cases of two babies being born to women with uterus didelphys, this is the first reported case of twins and a single baby.
“We were just so thankful that they were healthy and well,” Kersey said. “It was more than we could have hoped for.”