Mum, 28, reveals the bizarre anatomical anomaly that means she has two wombs, and she has carried a baby in each! Shannon Webster, from Basingstoke, had always had unusually heavy periods The condition is thought to affect around up to three in 1,000 women worldwide By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:45 EDT, 6 June 2024 | Updated: 11:50 EDT, 6 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A woman has told of her shock at discovering she had two wombs, and how she carried a baby in each. Shannon Webster, from Basingstoke in Hampshire, had always had unusually heavy periods since she got her first at the 14. But she had little idea just how unusual her anatomy was.
The 28-year-old welcomed her first child in 2014. But it was only after she suffered a miscarriage two years later that a routine test uncovered that she had two uteruses. This unusual condition, which is thought to affect about three in every 1,000 women worldwide, is medically known as uterus didelphys.
It also means the medical secretary has two vaginas and cervixes all of which are fully functional. And in a further twist, scans during her next pregnancy with her youngest child revealed she was carrying him in her right womb, in contrast to her first child who was carried in her left. Shannon Webster, from Basingstoke in Hampshire, had always had unusually heavy periods since she got her first at the 14.
But she had little idea just how unusual her anatomy was. The 28-year-old welcomed her first chi.