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Sunday 18 July 2010

mother pregnant with two babies who aren't twins in utah!

A Utah woman is pregnant with two babies. It wouldn't be that unusual, except that these babies aren't twins. Hard to believe? It was for the mother.

'Angie Cromar's' first ultrasound revealed something shocking to her and her doctor.

What they saw were two separate babies at slightly different stages of development.

"[He said] I'm five weeks and four days in one, and six weeks and one day in the other," Angie said.

She knew she was born with the rare condition called 'didelphys', meaning two uteruses. It was never an issue in her other pregnancies, but this time she conceived in both. Chances of that are one in 5 million.

"Probably less than 100, so far, worldwide, have been reported; so she's a member of a small, elite club," the doctor said

Angie said her hubby didn't believe for a little while,when she told him.

Then reality set in. As a labor and delivery nurse, Angie knows this rarity can bring about complications like pre-term labor and low birth weight.

"Oh, I'm a little nervous, just because I know what can happen, but I'm really excited," Angie said.

Though just 20 weeks along now, the babies are already creating a buzz for the family, which is now buying double of everything, and in the medical community.

"It's pretty rare. We are pretty thankful, pretty happy," Angie said.

Angie and her husband have gotten used to the anomaly, now they're preparing for the givens of parenthood: exciting times and sleepless nights.

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