When Dora resident Kelsey Hatcher went to her eight-week ultrasound to check on her fourth child, she let the ultrasound tech know about her rare condition, uterine didelphys, or double uterus. “As soon as she moved the ultrasound wand across my belly to the other side, I immediately saw it and exclaimed, ‘Oh my gosh. There’s another one!’”
About 3 in 1,000 women have a double uterus and two cervixes. Having a child in each uterus at the same time is even rarer, a 1 in a million chance.
Producer/Writer/Editor/Voiceover/Sound: Amanda Khorramabadi
An Alabama woman gave birth to twins at UAB Hospital, becoming the second woman with a double uterus to birth one baby from each uterus at the state’s largest hospital. Shellie Pascoe gave birth to Kaylee and Kamden Pascoe during a scheduled Caesarian section at 39 weeks. She and her husband, John, then spent three days in the hospital before driving their babies home to Dothan in their minivan.
Producer/Writer/Editor/Voiceover/Sound: Amanda Khorramabadi