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Triplets born to woman with 2 wombs
First case of its kind, British hospital official says
Updated: 12:21 p.m. ET Dec. 22, 2006
LONDON - A woman with two wombs has given birth to triplets, in what is
believed to the first case of its kind, a hospital official said Friday.
Hannah Kersey, 23, gave birth to three girls in September, said Richard
Dottle, a spokesman for Southmead Hospital in Bristol where the babies
were born. The children spent nine weeks in the hospital.
The girls — identical twins delivered from one womb and a single baby
from the other — were delivered by Caesarean section seven weeks early,
the British Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Kersey and her partner Mick Faulkner said they were “over the moon” at
how healthy and happy the girls were.
“They are three lovely and incredible children, all with very different
personalities,” the BBC quoted Kersey as saying.
“There haven’t been any similar account where three healthy babies are
born of two wombs,” said Yakoub Khalaf, a consulting gynecologist at
Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospital. He said that multiple pregnancies
tended to be risky, and that delivering triplets under such abnormal
circumstances was even riskier.
'Extremely lucky'
Separate or partially joined wombs, are uncommon, although not rare.
About one woman in 1,000 has them, according to Khalaf.
Pregnancies in such cases are possible, although they tend to result in
premature birth more than half the time. One pregnancy in each womb is
almost unheard of — Khalaf said he had identified only 70 cases over the
past 50 years worldwide — and triplets delivered from two wombs has
never before been recorded.
“This lady was extremely lucky,” said Khalaf.
Kersey was not immediately available for comment on Friday but the
Southwest News Agency based in Filton, England, said it had bought the
rights to her story. It would not disclose the amount.
© 2006 The Associated Press
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