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MEDICAL MARVEL

A WOMAN giving birth to twins is often regarded as a double blessing, a kind of two-for-the-price-of-one joy. But it’s hardly the sort of thing that makes headlines – unless it’s an occurrence so rare it’s hailed as close to a medical miracle.

Only about three in 1 000 women are born with two uteruses and the chances of being pregnant in both at the same time are at least one in a million.

But Kelsey Hatcher can add herself to this exclusive club. She found out at the age of 17 she’d been born with uterus didelphys – a congenital anomaly that results in a double uterus – and she knew she

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