Kelsey Hatcher recently gave birth to her “miracle twins” after having a “one-in-50-million” pregnancy. The Alabama woman has a rare medical condition called uterus didelphys, which means she has a double uterus. Only about 0.3% of the population has this condition. During the pregnancy, Hatcher carried her twin daughters, one of them in each uterus. An OB/GYN at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston told Scientific American said that the odds of any given woman having this type of pregnancy is one in 50 million.
According to a press release, Hatcher arrived at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital on Dec. 19 for a scheduled induction, After 20 hours of labor, Hatcher welcomed her twin girls, who entered the world on two different days. Roxi was born on December 19th and Rebel was born on December 20th. Hatcher is already mom to Raelynn 6, River 4 and Rhemy ,2, all of whom were born via “normal” pregnancies. “Never in our wildest dreams could we have planned a pregnancy and birth like this, but bringing our two healthy baby girls into this world safely was always the goal, and UAB helped us accomplish that,” Hatcher said, according to the press release. “It seems appropriate that they had two birthdays, though. They both had their own ‘houses,’ and now both have their own unique birth stories.”
Hatcher found out about her condition when she was 17. During this pregnancy, she discovered that she was carrying her babies in two separate uteruses during her eight-week ultrasound. “All I could do was laugh,” Hatcher told Fox News last month. “I immediately called my husband, Caleb, to tell him, as he was not at the appointment with me. He and I just laughed together.”
Hatcher gave birth to her daughters naturally, which she requested so that she could give birth to all of her children the same way and have the same birth experience, as long as it was safe. “As my contractions began, they were not consistently together but were within a few seconds of each other,” Kelsey told UAB. “I felt each side contracting in different areas as well. I felt one consistent with the monitor that started on the left side and moved to the right.” Roxi, was delivered vaginally on December 19th, while the doctors made the decision to deliver Rebel, via C-section on December 20th. “After such a long and crazy journey, it meant the world to see both of my girls together for the first time,” Hatcher said.