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Woman
with Two Vaginas: Bicornuate Uterus
This rare disorder
can cause you to have two vaginas (and two uteruses)!
When 28-year-old Lauren was having a period that lasted 21 days, she realized
something might be wrong. Doctors found that she had two vaginas-- and
also two uteri and cervixes. She never noticed, nor had any past boyfriends.
Lauren is a woman with the very rare disoder called bicornuate uterus,
or "heart shaped" uterus. It is a malformation in which the
uterus is formed into two horns.
There are differetn degrees of bicornuate uterus, and how severe a woman's malformation is will determine if she will be able to carry a pregnancy to full-term.
This is a very rare disorder, estimated to occur in only .1-.5% of women in the US.
Bicornuate uterus can have many effects on pregnancy, including pregnacy lost, preterm delivery, and malrepresentation.
It can be difficult to diagnose with an ultrasound, and for that reason, many cases are not diagnosed until a woman goes into labor-- in many cases affected women need a C-section due to the baby's position, and it is only then when the uterus's unusual shape is noticed.
External Links:
Bicornuate Uterus on Wikipedia
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