A student who was born with two vaginas has told how it means she has double periods - and could still get them while pregnant. Paige DeAngelo, 20, has uterine didelphys, meaning she was born with two fully-functioning reproductive systems - two uteruses, cervixes and vaginas. She has two periods, meaning she could be pregnant in one of her uteruses and wouldn't know about it until she had other symptoms - or could get pregnant in both at the same time. She had suffered with irregular periods - sometimes one every two weeks - for years, but she wasn't diagnosed until she visited a gynaecologist for the first time, aged
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Woman Born With Two Vaginas
As a teenager, Tee Bartlett said she had absolutely no idea that it was unusual to use two tampons at once when she had her period, and assumed all women had two vaginal openings. Bartlett went on to be diagnosed with a vaginal septum and is now sharing her experiences on social media to raise awareness of the condition. Read more: Woman who couldn't have sex for 12 years shares her story to raise awareness of vaginismus. Bartlett says it took more than one trip to health professionals to get a diagnosis, having visited two doctors who she says initially brushed off her concerns. Not wanting to give up on finding answers, she decided to get a third opinion from a different doctor who referred her to a gynaecologist, and it was there it was confirmed she did have two vaginal openings.
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As a teenager, Tee Bartlett said she had absolutely no idea that there may be something amiss — and assumed all women had two vaginal openings. After allegedly being brushed off by two physicians, Tee was finally diagnosed with a vaginal septum, and is now sharing her experiences on social media to raise awareness of the condition. It was a third trip to the doctor, and a referral to a gynaecologist, that confirmed Tee did have two vaginal openings. She faced the devastating news that sexual intercourse and giving birth may potentially be dangerous for her, and underwent surgery at just It was freaking me out. And through learning more about the condition, Tee has been able to come to terms with her own diagnosis, and move on after the surgery.
For 25 years, no one noticed the woman's rare condition, even during smear tests. A year-old woman has opened up about the moment she found out she had two reproductory systems, while she was giving birth to her son. The new mum took to TikTok to explain her condition and how she always suspected something "wasn't right". Brittany Jacobs has two vaginas, two cervixes and two uteruses, as the result of a rare condition called uterus didelphys. She says she had always had two painful periods, sex had previously been painful, both for her and her husband, and she carried her baby bump on just one side.
