A Pregnant Woman with 2 Reproductive Systems?

I don't know what's really going on in this world. The last time I've posted about two amazing births (the black and white twins), I was like "WHAATT?". And now, another odd medical case has struck me again - a pregnant woman with 2 reproductive organs? Hell yeah!

This is about Lindsay Hasaj, a sales worker from North London who has 2 uteruses, 2 cervixes, and 2 vaginas. This rare condition is said to occur to only 1 in a million women. Lindsay never knew that she has 2 reproductive systems until she got pregnant and been complaining about abdominal pains. After undergoing some medical tests, that's it! Doctors revealed that she has a rare condition called uterus didelphys. Though this odd condition is really rare, Lindsay is expected to have a healthy pregnancy, but she needs medical check-ups every now and then. The baby is due on July. Wow! Isn't this story amazing?

Read more about her story by clicking this..

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Baby Born with Xtra Manhood

From all the birth anomalies I've known, the case of this little boy with extra penis on his back really distressed me. He was born to a Chinese farmer dad Li Jun and his wife, who lived in Hejian City in China's Henan Province.

Good thing that this little boy was brought to Tianjin Children's Hospital on May 27 to remove the extra penile growth on his back. This rare condition is called Fetus in Fetu, a developmental abnormality in which the fetus gets enveloped inside its twin and the entire living organ system, with torso and limbs, develops inside the host. This abnormality occurs to 1 in 500,000 live births.

After spending 3 hours in the operating room, doctors have successfully removed the extra penis. The little boy was fine after the surgery.

thankz to my co-blogger wendz for this interesting feed

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Harlequin Fetus: the scariest congenital birth defect

No other congenital birth defects are as disturbing to the eye than this photo of a baby that is suffering from a rare disease called Harlequin Ichthyosis or commonly known as Harlequin Fetus. In this rare genetic disorder, which occurs in 1 in 300,000 births, babies are born with a massive horny shell of dense platelike scales and contraction abnormalities of the eyes, ears, mouth and appendages. Basically, wherever a fold would normally occur in a newborn baby, these poor souls have cracks.



Most babies born with this condition die within the first few hours or days after birth from the undernourishment caused by the rigidity of the lips, and underventilation and pneumonia because of respiratory distress. Abnormal water loss through the skin and poor temperature regulation lead to risk for infection beginning in the skin as well.



What really causes Harlequin Fetus? The answer is unknown but this disease is commonly inherited from the parents. Most often, the parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive condition, each carry one copy of the mutated gene, but do not show signs and symptoms of the condition. The mutated gene can be passed to the developing fetus, resulting to this really horrific malady.



All i can say is that, these babies are fortunate enough not to survive than be punished by the excruciating pain and suffering that this disease will surely bring throughout their lifetime.

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