Woman with two wombs has twins

TWINS have been born two months apart to a Romanian woman with two wombs. Doctors say Romanian Maricia Tescu has made medical history by giving birth to the second twin this week, 59 days after delivering his brother Catalin on December 11.

Ms Tescu's story is all the more unique because the twins developed separately in each of the wombs, and she was told eight years ago that she would never have any more children after a miscarriage led doctors to conclude she had been left infertile.

But instead, Ms Tescu, a 33-year-old botanist who works at the botanical gardens in Iasi, is now the proud mother of two baby boys.

Like Catalin, his brother Valentin was also delivered by caesarean section on Monday.

Speaking after the birth Ms Tescu said: "I checked into hospital last week to make sure nothing would go wrong in case the baby decided to come early. I am happy that I have another healthy boy and now I am ready to go home with both of them."

Doctors had kept Catalin in hospital following his birth as he weighed just three pounds and nine ounces. He now weighs four pounds 11 ounces exactly the same weight as Valentin.

Dr Dragos Dragomir, who is the head of the maternity ward at Cuza Voda hospital in Iasi where Ms Tescu had her twins, said: "We can say that one of the twin brothers grew inside his mother while the other grew to the same weight outside. They weigh the same now. It may be a coin incidence but it's true."

Ms Tescu is expected to leave the hospital early next week. Dr Dragomir said Ms Tescu's case was unique for a number of reasons.

He said: "This case is unique because of a row of circumstances. Firstly, because Ms Tescu has a uterus malformation which has resulted in two perfectly separate cavities.

"Secondly, a pregnancy occurred in each uterus. Women with a malformation like this cannot usually have babies in both wombs.

"Thirdly there is the fact that she believed the earlier miscarriage had left her unable to have children, and finally the two pregnancies evolved simultaneously, and one baby was born without affecting the other."