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�������� 13 NEWS AT 630 STARTS NOW. A MEDICAL ANOMALY. A CENTRAL ALABAMA WOMAN BORN WITH TWO UTERUSES AND TWO CERVIXES. THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS AMAZING STORY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M GUY RAWLINGS AND I’M SHERI FALK. ALL RIGHT, LET’S DO THE MATH. THIS WOMAN WAS BORN WITH TWO UTERUSES AND TWO CERVIX. NOW SHE’S EXPECTING SO TWO BABIES AND TECHNICALLY TWO SEPARATE PREGNANCIES. IT’S A 1 IN 50,000,000 CHANCE. AND THERE REALLY NO EXPERTS ON IT BECAUSE IT’S SO RARE. IT’S A STORY YOU’LL ONLY SEE ON �������� 13 FROM LISA CRANE. SHE’S LIVE AT UAB, WHERE THE BABIES WILL BE BORN. PRETTY INCREDIBLE. LISA. IT IS A FASCINATING STORY, GUY. AND SHERRI, KELSEY HATCHER HAS A MEDICAL ANOMALY. AS YOU SAID. SHE HAS TWO UTERI AND TWO SERVICES. THOSE THE PLURAL OF THOSE NOUNS. NOW THAT DIDN’T IN ITSELF IS VERY RARE, BUT NOW SHE IS PREGNANT IN BOTH UTERI. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH UNHEARD OF. ALL THE SIPPY CUPS. KELSEY HATCHER AND HER HUSBAND CALEB HAVE A PRETTY BUSY LIFE. THEY BOTH WORK AND THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, AGES SEVEN, FOUR AND TWO. THEY THOUGHT THEIR FAMILY WAS COMPLETE UNTIL KELSEY REALIZED SHE WAS PREGNANT LAST SPRING WHEN SHE WENT FOR HER FIRST ULTRASOUND APPOINTMENT. SHE GOT SOME INFORMATION SHE NEEDED TO PASS ALONG TO CALEB. I SAID, WELL, THERE’S TWO OF THEM IN THERE. HE SAID, YOU’RE LYING. I SAID, NO, I’M NOT. BUT WHAT SHOCKED HER OBSTETRICIAN WASN’T THE FACT THAT SHE WAS HAVING TWO BABIES. BUT THAT SHE HAS A DOUBLE UTERUS, TWO FUNCTIONAL UTERI AND SHE HAS A BABY IN EACH OF THEM. VERY, VERY RARE. YES. OB-GYNS GO THEIR WHOLE CAREERS WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING LIKE THIS. KELSEY HAS TWO UTERI, EACH WITH ITS OWN CERVIX. THIS IS WHAT A NORMAL UTERUS LOOKS LIKE. AND THIS IS WHAT KELSEY’S LOOKS LIKE. SHE’S KNOWN ABOUT HER PHYSICAL ODDITY FOR A WHILE, AND SHE KNOWS IT’S PRETTY RARE. THAT’S WHY HER PREGNANCY IS CONSIDERED HIGH RISK. UAB’S DOCTOR, RICHARD DAVIS, SPECIALIZES IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES, A DOUBLE CERVIX, DOUBLE UTERUS IS WAY UNDER 1%, MAYBE THREE PER 1000 WOMEN MIGHT HAVE THAT. AND THEN THE PROBABILITY OF HAVING A TWIN IN EACH HORN IS REALLY CRAZY. THE RARITY OF THIS PREGNANCY IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. KELSEY AND THE BABIES WILL EVEN BE THE TOPIC OF A CASE STUDY. I’M TYPICALLY NOT ONE THAT LIKE LIKES A LOT OF ATTENTION AND DOESN’T WANT EIGHT PEOPLE TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALL MY STUFF. AND SO TO BE THIS RARE AND KIND OF OUT THERE, I’M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS A LOT. THE BABIES ARE BOTH GIRLS AND THEY’RE GROWING. EXACTLY AS THEY SHOULD. THE TRICKY PART WILL BE WHEN BOTH OR MAYBE JUST ONE DECIDES TO MAKE THEIR ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD WHEN SHE GOES INTO LABOR. IF SHE DOES, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR EACH UTERUS AND SEE WHICH ONE’S CONTRACTING. AND IF THEY’RE DOING SORT OF ALMOST THE SAME OR THEY’RE DIFFERENT. SO THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE EACH UTERUS COULD START CONTRACTIONS AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE SISTERS COULD BE BORN HOURS, DAYS OR WEEKS APART. SO WITH EACH BABY HAVING THEIR OWN SEPARATE UTERUS AND PLACENTA, ARE THEY TWINS OR SIMPLY SIBLINGS? I THINK MEDICALLY THIS IS SUCH A RARE THING THAT WE DON’T HAVE A BETTER WAY OF DESCRIBING IT BESIDES STILL CALLING THEM TWINS, NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL THEM. IN A FEW WEEKS, THE HATCHERS WILL HAVE FIVE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHT. THEY SHOULD LAST TWO. YES. THE THIRD ONE WAS OUR LAST ONE. BUT NO, WE’RE WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS FOR SURE. BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE THE END. NOW, THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE A CAR RIGHT NOW THAT WILL CARRY THE ENTIRE FAMILY. THEY’VE GOT A LOT TO DO IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. THERE’S GOING TO BE A TEAM OF DOCTORS STANDING BY WHENEVER KELSEY GOES INTO LABOR JUST TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER MIGHT COME THEIR WAY. BY THE WAY, HER DUE DATE IS CHRISTMAS DAY. WHAT A CHRISTM