DHAKA, Bangladesh — In a surprising development, a Bangladeshi woman, who gave birth to a healthy baby in February, gave birth again to twins less than four weeks later, according to news reports, and while rare, the births have a medical explanation.
Arifa Sultana, 20, who had a boy in a normal birth in late February, returned to a Dhaka hospital 26 days later complaining of stomach pains, according to the BBC.
It turns out Sultana has two uteruses and was still pregnant, stunning her doctors.
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"When the patient came in we performed an ultrasound on her and found there were twin babies," Dr. Sheila Poddar told the BBC.
"We were very shocked and surprised. I have never observed something like this before," Poddar said.
Doctors performed an emergency cesarean section and delivered a set of healthy twins, the BBC reported.
The condition of having two uteruses is called uterus didelphys, and according to the Mayo Clinic, it's a rare congenital abnormality. Having twins as a result of the condition happens once in a million births, the National Institutes of Health reported.