Extraordinary ultrasound image shows how mother gave birth to two babies from two separate wombs

When doctors discovered Danielle Young was pregnant they were amazed.

Mrs Young had been diagnosed with having two wombs - a rare condition that makes it difficult to carry a baby to full term.

Furthermore one fallopian tube was completely blocked which means only one of her two wombs were functioning properly.

So they were even more amazed when they made a second startling discovery - that she was pregnant with twins - one in each womb - in staggering odds of five million to one.

Both twins were born safely which amazed medical experts, who warned Mrs Young that it was likely she would lose both babies.

Professor of Obstetrics Andrew Shennan, from Kings College Hospital in London said: ‘An obstetrician will see a case like this once in a lifetime.

‘The egg must have come down the fallopian tube that doctors thought was previously blocked. It is extremely unusual.’

Mrs Young, 29, had defied medical odds already to give birth to her daughter Paige, now five.

She had been diagnosed with a bicornuate uterus at the age of 18. The condition meant her womb was completely split in two and the two halves were sealed off from each other, making two separate wombs.

She also has a double cervix and a double vagina. But one fallopian tube was completely blocked, which meant that it would only be possible for her to fall pregnant in one womb.

But having two smaller wombs, also meant that it would be difficult for her to carry a baby to full term.

Mrs Young, who lives with her husband Richard, 39, a plumber, in Bridgwater, Somerset, said: ‘I knew that because of my condition it would be unlikely that I would ever be a mum.‘It was devastating because I loved children, but I had to accept that it wasn’t going to happen.’

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