Woman Pregnant With 2 Babies Due a Week Apart

(July 17) -- A Utah woman is pregnant with two babies, but they're not twins.

Angie Cromar was born with a rare condition called didelphys, which means she has two uteruses. It didn't pose a problem for her previous pregnancies, and the 34-year-old has given birth to two healthy children before.

But this time, she's conceived in both uteruses. During her first ultrasound exam, Cromar and her doctor discovered that she's carrying two fetuses at different stages of development, one slightly older than the other.

"...I'm five weeks and four days in one, and six weeks and one day in the other," Cromar told her local TV station, KTLA.

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The chances of this happening are estimated to be one in five million. "Probably less than 100, so far, worldwide, have been reported," Terry said. "So she's a member of a small, elite club."

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uteruses, but had one baby.

One of our first thoughts was "how much would it suck to be pregnant and STILL be having to put up with your monthly cycle????"

I could see her having two babies, each sperm took a different route, shall we say, after they had sex a few times (within weeks).

though I doubt she'd have her normal cycle. After all the body does have amazing hormonal changes... that said... this is rare.

Of course I wonder if one baby going into normal labor (hormonal release and all that jazz) will lead to induced labor for the other uterus.

stop the menstrual cycle in the second uterus during the course of gestation?

when they are pregnant. i think she is studying to become a nurse.

and one woman told me she still got it when she was pregnant.

this came up when i asked about those women who don't realize they are pregnant until really late.

month 5 of their pregnancies and still had periods.

My father once told me a story about the wife of a co-worker. She'd given birth and was already back in the recovery area when somebody noticed that her belly was still a lot larger than it should have been. So she was rushed back into the delivery room and gave birth to a second infant that was a month short of being full term.

That is too much for me to imagine. Poor lady!

The hormonal changes to produce labor in one would produce it in the other.

If she gets an oxytocin shot or whether the oxytocin's naturally produced, both uteruses will respond.

That would suck. "Ah, a contraction. It's easing. Oh, wait--now the other one's contracting."

One baby at a time was enough for me. Ouch, ouch, ouch.

On the plus side, I bet no Pitocin for her.

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And I always dreaded OB GYN calls, this definitely would be up there with COMPLICATIONS and no, I cannot honestly say I've seen this before. And the last statement is rare for medics with enough years in the field... even though the day you say that, guaranteed weird call.

Many emergency type calls are for women who have not had much in the way of prenatal care. Since she's a labor and delivery nurse with complications, she and the babies will probably do just fine.

you may also get it from the woman who had all the pre-natal care, that just happens to need an ambulance to get to the hospital... since they live in the boondogs.

That said, 98% Breath, push, breath... I'll catch. It is the OTHER 2% that are down right scary.

The woman had her two babies a month apart. I was just a kid but the only thing I could think was, "That would totally suck."

Y shaped.
Dogs and cats have those. I've read about those before.

Rare but I guess they do happen.


(I have a B.A. in Biology so I know just enough to be dangerous, and I've dissected a cat.) :D

Lookin like a fool with my jaw on the ground!