uterus didelphys

Uterus didelphys - or a double womb - is a pretty rare condition.

This condition may be associated with a uterus didelphys or a uterine septum.

Uterus didelphys is often confused with a complete uterine septum.

Uterus didelphys (also known as double uterus) - A condition where a female is born with two uteri.

A specific association of uterus didelphys, unilateral hematocolpos and ipsilateral renal agenesis has been described.

See Triplet-birth with Uterus didelphys for a case of a woman having spontaneous birth in both wombs with twins.

Whereas most doctors recommend removal of a uterine septum, they generally concur that it is better not to operate on a uterus didelphys.

Uterus didelphys, in certain studies, has also been found associated with higher rate of infertility, spontaneous abortion, intrauterine growth retardation, and postpartum bleed.

Class III: Uterus didelphys, also uterus didelphis (double uterus).

While the uterus didelphys is estimated to occur in 1/3,000 women, the unicornuate uterus appears to be even more infrequent with an estimated occurrence of about 1/4,000.

There may be associated duplications of the more cranial parts of the mullerian derivatives, a double cervix, and either a uterine septum or uterus didelphys (double uterus).

Uterus didelphys (sometimes also uterus didelphis) represents a uterine malformation where the uterus is present as a paired organ as the embryogenetic fusion of the mullerian ducts failed to occur.

A triplet pregnancy in a woman with uterus didelphys was reported from Israel in 1981; one baby died in utero, and of the remaining babies, one was delivered at 27 weeks gestation and the other 72 days later.

Hannah Kersey (born 1983) is a British woman who was born with two wombs (uterus didelphys) and gave birth to triplets, identical twin girls in one womb and another fraternal sibling in the other at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, England in late December 2006.