Michigan woman with 2 uteruses delivers twins

[Quaker_Parrots]

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-uswombs0228,0,2085603.story

MARQUETTE, Mich. - A Michigan woman with two wombs has given birth to twin daughters -- one from each uterus.

The Mining Journal and WLUC-TV report that Sarah Reinfelder's two healthy babies were delivered seven weeks premature Thursday by cesarean section at Marquette General Hospital in the Upper Peninsula.

The 21-year-old Sault Ste. Marie woman has a condition known as uterus didelphys, and doctors say such twin births are rare. The uteri are different sizes, with the larger twin born from the larger uterus.

Dr. Connie Hedmark and Dr. Breanna Pond first delivered Kaylin Joy, then Valerie Marie, the larger twin by one pound. Kaylin Joy weighed 3 pounds, 15 ounces.



Neonatologist Julie Frei says she expects that the twins, who don't have fully developed lung function, likely will be hospitalized for three or four weeks.

Sarah and Shane Reinfelder also have a son, William, 10 months.

[wubbywa]

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-uswombs0228,0,2085603.story

MARQUETTE, Mich. - A Michigan woman with two wombs has given birth to twin daughters -- one from each uterus.

The Mining Journal and WLUC-TV report that Sarah Reinfelder's two healthy babies were delivered seven weeks premature Thursday by cesarean section at Marquette General Hospital in the Upper Peninsula.

The 21-year-old Sault Ste. Marie woman has a condition known as uterus didelphys, and doctors say such twin births are rare. The uteri are different sizes, with the larger twin born from the larger uterus.

Dr. Connie Hedmark and Dr. Breanna Pond first delivered Kaylin Joy, then Valerie Marie, the larger twin by one pound. Kaylin Joy weighed 3 pounds, 15 ounces.



Neonatologist Julie Frei says she expects that the twins, who don't have fully developed lung function, likely will be hospitalized for three or four weeks.

Sarah and Shane Reinfelder also have a son, William, 10 months.








wow 3 under the age of 1. UGGGG I hope they have good insurance and good jobs and he needs to put away his tool belt!

[Out2Lunch]

wow 3 under the age of 1. UGGGG I hope they have good insurance and good jobs and he needs to put away his tool belt!


Lol...ain't that the truth :D AND she's only 21.....I'd be pulling my hair out at 21.:getyou

[Quaker_Parrots]

Lol...ain't that the truth :D AND she's only 21.....I'd be pulling my hair out at 21.:getyou


I'd be pulling his hair out, lol, it would be more productive, and a major stress reliever.

[ilovecats]

Well,that's a condition I never heard of before.

[Jackie_Blu]

Holy cow, that IS weird! Blows me away too that she got preggers just a month after the first baby was born :stunned

[nightrider127]

I have a friend with a double uterus. When she was pregnant with her daughter, she kept having a period every month and they checked her out. Come to find out, she was pregnant in one uterus and having her period from the other.

[shadowcats]

i only had one uterus but ive been pregant 9 times , miscarred so many times, i have three full term,,,,,,, first one 7lbs 15oz , 2nd 8lbs 6ox ,and the last one was 10 lbs 6oz , lol i was glad when that one was over ,,,,,,, had a hysto when i was 27 , wow think of the damage i would have done if i had two of them LLLOLLLLLLL DONT EVEN WANT TO GO THERE,,,,,,,,,, :stork:eek::tearhair

[baragabrat]

I have a friend with a double uterus. When she was pregnant with her daughter, she kept having a period every month and they checked her out. Come to find out, she was pregnant in one uterus and having her period from the other.

It's hard enough to be pregnant but to have your period too? Now that's just not fair!!

[Quaker_Parrots]

Holy cow, that IS weird! Blows me away too that she got preggers just a month after the first baby was born :stunned

It was closer to 3 months, these babies were 7 weeks premature,

[Jackie_Blu]

It was closer to 3 months, these babies were 7 weeks premature,

of course they were. Must have been having a blonde moment! Thanks:)

[Quaker_Parrots]

of course they were. Must have been having a blonde moment! Thanks:)

I thought the same thing at first, then realised it was 3 months. Someone needs to smack the daddy.


LOL, it is still sad. She should have had at least a good year before getting preggers again. Her poor body didnt even have a chance to bounce back.

I wonder about her periods? I wonder how bad it is. Does she have a period from one uterus one month, and the other the next. or both at the same time or how all that works? Do her ovaries each connect to just one uterus? This is just a very unusual condition.

[Mini]

Wow talk about crazy lol Glad they are doing so well though for being early

[Bizzimommi]

My boys are 13 months apart (had my 1st then 3-4 months later pregnant again), and honestly I wouldn't have had it any other way. The boys are best buds. Diapers got expensive thats for sure so I am really feeling for this girl.

[ilovecats]

Holy cow, that IS weird! Blows me away too that she got preggers just a month after the first baby was born :stunned

I know someone who had 2 dd's 10 months apart.It does happen.