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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

1 in 50 Million Chance: US Woman With Rare Double Uterus Is Pregnant in Both

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1 in 50 Million Chance: US Woman With Rare Double Uterus Is Pregnant in Both

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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It's double trouble, with a unique twist: A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses is now pregnant in both.
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  • jarfil@beehaw.org
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    1 in 50 million chance… world population of 8 billion… average yearly birth rate of 19 per 1000… that would make it 3 per year of these cases! I wouldn’t’ve expected so many double-featured individuals being out there 😯

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      Article also said last time it happened was in 2019. Surprised there hasn’t been any for nearly 4 years.

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        Yeah, it also says there is a 0.3% of females thought to have the condition. The numbers don’t seem to fit.

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          Assuming 53% of population are females that is 12.7 million with the condition. Using your 19/1000 that’s 241k babies a year under this subgroup. Maybe it is 1 in 50 million chance for those 241k babies a year? Still seems off though I did pull the 53% out of my butt but I vaguely remember there being a slightly higher % of females in the total population.

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    Hope everyone will be healthy in the end.

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    Best of luck to her. Would they want to try performing a typical delivery or a C-section? I would think the latter but I’m no expert.

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      From the article it seems like she wants to do a normal delivery, but a C-section might be necessary if there are complications.

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        A normal delivery!!? She crazy… Like I understand on normal cases but this…

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    That sounds…risky. I wonder how far apart they were conceived.

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      She can!

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    I can’t be the only one who read that article and didn’t cringe a bit at the end. The woman thinks she is going to get through best care possible and she lives in Alabama, where they are currently shutting down maternity units: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/in-alabama-three-maternity-units-will-stop-delivering-babies-heres-why-it-puts-women-at-risk/ar-AA1ifxW3

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