Meet the mom with two vaginas, two uteri, and yes -- two periods a month
by Sara McGinnis posted in Parenting
Having the condition uterus didelphys means a doubling of many of the experiences most women go through, because having two vaginas, two cervixes, and two uteruses presents twice the amount of possibilities.
Reddit user Pout_scout recently opened up about her unusual anatomy in a casual question and answer session, sharing:
"I only have one set of labia and you would never know I had this condition by looking at me, as the vagina is an internal structure. I have two vaginal openings that are separated by a thick, flexible piece of tissue called a septum. Each leads to two totally separate uteri that operate independently but are synced."
Technically this means each uterus could become pregnant independently (even by different fathers), but only during the same ovulation cycle.
Elaborating on how that works, the mother of one explained her "two uteri, cervices and my ovaries are all synced. Which means that after the egg on one side becomes fertilized and implantation begins, my other ovaries get the signal to also stop releasing eggs."
Thankfully that means Pout_scout didn't have to have her period from one set of reproductive organs all throughout her pregnancy, but her condition does require using two tampons (one for each vaginal opening) during her regularly synced menstrual cycles.
Figuring all this out during puberty wasn't easy.
"When I first got my period, I would use tampons but still get blood everyw...
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