2 uterus and 2 cervix

[shouldibconcerned]

I don't want to sound horribly unsympathetic, but I recently learned that my girlfriend, who I care for deeply, has 2 uterus and 2 cervix.  I would compare this to me having 2 penis's and that to me would be really strange, and I imagine a problem. How often does this happen?  Is this a genetic condition?  Would my kids be in danger of having the same condition?  Is this condition symilar to a hermaphrodite?  Is a woman with this condition more likely to give birth to a child of both sexes?  I know I sound extremely ignorant, and I guess I am.  I need to know what I should be looking out for.


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[pinkfarmanimals]

i just found out that i have two uterus and 2 cevix when i had my second child we knew that i had something wrong with me bcs with my second daughter i told my new doc what happen with my first and with my miscarrige and she did ultasounds and seen the uterus had a wall down the middle so limited space thats why my1st daughter was 5 weeks early so with my second i had regular ultrasounds to make sure she had enough room and fluid was growing good and all her organs were developeing normally at like 30 weeks i started going into labor like every week they would give me a shot to stop it and then i would go home this was until i reached my 37th week then the doc said we can take her out which i was super excited bcs it was very uncomfortable havein a  baby on the left side of ur belly the entire pregnancy so we went in and had a c-section bcs she was breech when i had the surgery is when they seen i had the wall in my uterus but i also had a second now they didnt tell me this until my daughter turned two bcs i went to the gyno for severe pain i have been in then i told my doc tampons and sex hurt sometimes to and she went in and looked and found the second cervix so my options are hysterectomy or depo shot till after meno defenitly surgery we had my tubes tied anyways so its not a big deal at this point but had i known with my first she came out at 4lb 14oz and was in childrens for a month we would have never attempted to have our second we had a misscarrige b4 we had her but had we known my condition there would be no cassidy so im glad they didnt find it until my third pregnancy it did make me worry alot more too i also have 1 kidney and a curved spine but i knew that b4 hand we thought the kidney was the reason for the premature birth i thought maybe this would maybe help some1 and i found when we was trying to get prego we couldnt but the second we decided to wait a few years or so it always happend we have two addorable little healthy dramatic girls 5 and 2 years old

[s_white]

Hey! I am 19 years old, will be 20 in June. My husband and I just had a little girl in August in which I had to have a C-Section because she was breech through out our whole pregnancy. During my C-Section, my sergeant noticed I had 2 uterus. She said it was very uncommon but everything was fine. On my 6 week check up, I found out that I had 2 cervix as well. Our daughter is perfectly healthy, the pregnancy went great, but I did have a lot of back pain and dizzy spells and feet hurt SO bad, worse than normal and had 2 kidney stones towards the end of my pregnancy, I think I may have passed them when I was in the hospital because I've never had a problem with them or anything. I have a Dr. apt Thursday for this to find out more, I will post some more information when I find out if you like.

[Heather5]

Hi shouldIbeconcerned! Having two uterus is not very common, but it does happen, and it's not at all like being a hermaphrodite. Having two penises would also be completely different, since your girlfriend does not have two vaginas, only two uterus and cervixes (by the way, the cervix is just the opening to the uterus towards the very top of the vagina)  As long as all else is normal, it probably won't affect your girlfriend or you...except possibly when the time comes to have a baby. At that point, she would probably need some guidance from a specialist to make sure each uterus is a normal size that can carry a baby to full term.

So no worries...

:-)