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    Mum gives birth to triplets – including set of identical twins – from two separate wombs

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    But nothing could have prepared her for the triple pregnancy.

    Mum gives birth to triplets from TWO separate wombs in UK first | The Sun

    The occurrence of twins from uterus didelphys – two wombs – is estimated at one in a million.

    There have only been four known cases of the condition leading to triplets – and this is believed to be the first in the UK.

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    Two of the babies are twins and one is their sibling (Picture: Melanie Bassett SWNS)

    Mum-of-five Melanie said: ‘When we were told it was quite crazy!

    ‘But I wouldn’t change it for anything. I noticed a difference being pregnant with the triplets.

    ‘I would often find myself having to deal with them kicking on both sides. One would kick and it would set all of them off!’

    Rather than looking like a regular womb, Melanie’s is heart-shaped, with two chambers.

    It makes it no harder for a woman to conceive, but slightly increases the risk of miscarriage or premature birth.

    Due to her anatomy, Melanie was booked in for an early eight-week scan where she was told there were two heartbeats.

    Melanie and Ben Bassett's triplets (L to R) Brooke, Beau and Isabelle. Melanie has two wombs and two uteruses and went on to have triplets, two identical twins in one, and a boy in the other. Waterlooville, Hampshire. See SWNS story SWTPtriplets. A mum with two wombs has given birth to triplets - with two babies grown in one and a sibling in the second. Melanie Bassett's rare pregnancy is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK. The 32-year-old found out she had double the anatomy when she was pregnant with her first daughter Phoebe, three. Melanie fell pregnant just eight weeks after she and husband Ben, 33, welcomed their son Blake, now one.
    Thrice the fun (Picture: Tom Wren SWNS)

    But it was not until the 12-week scan that the sonographer told the couple they were expecting triplets – miraculously growing in separate wombs.

    They were advised to go to fortnightly scans so doctors could keep an eye on the pregnancy.

    It was feared the triplets could develop twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) – a rare pregnancy condition which occurs when multiple foetus share the same placenta.

    Triplets in their chairs
    The triplets join two other siblings (Picture: Melanie Bassett SWNS)

    Melanie said: ‘It wasn’t until I was pregnant with the triplets and had been seen up at St. George’s in London where the consultant carried out more testing involving internal scan to see how thick the septum was splitting the two uterus.

    ‘A gynaecologist then carried out a speculum test and discovered I had two cervixes side by side. It’s never been picked up on any of my smears.

    ‘Weirdly, I had the same cravings as I did with the other two. I just craved jelly sweets, particularly Haribo. I was pretty big and felt enormous.’

    Mother gives birth to triplets carried in two separate wombs in UK first

    The triplets were born via c-section, at 32 weeks, on January 26 this year.

    Since then, Melanie has had her hands full raising five children under three, during a global pandemic.

    But says she is looking forward to spending time this Christmas as a big family.

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