Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson - Revel In It: Kelsey Hatcher

Episode Date: February 22, 2024

Hello miracle babies! This story stunned the medical community, not to mention this mother of five.Kelsey Hatcher was born with a double uterus and defied the odds by becoming pregnant with one baby ...in each uterus.Fast forward to two separate births, two separate birthdays, and back-to-back labor pains.Don't miss this fascinating conversation where we explore this medical anomaly, how it has impacted her family, and whether or not they are done making babies!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:32 I'm Jorge Ramos. And I'm Paola Ramos. Together we're launching The Moment, a new podcast about what it means to live through a time, as uncertain as this one. We sit down with politicians, artists, and activists to bring you death and analysis from a unique Latino perspective. The Moment is a space for the conversations
Starting point is 00:00:51 we've been having us father and daughter for years. Listen to The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Introducing IVF Disrupted, the Kind Body Story, a podcast about a company that promised to revolutionize fertility care. It grew like a tech startup. While Kind Body did help women start families, it also left behind a stream of disillusioned and angry patients. You think you're finally like in the right hands. You're just not. Listen to IVF Disrupted, the Kind Body Story.
Starting point is 00:01:28 on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Kate Hudson. And my name is Oliver Hudson. We wanted to do something that highlighted our relationship. And what it's like to be siblings. We are a sibling rivalry. No, no. Sibling rivalry.
Starting point is 00:01:58 Don't do that with your mouth. Sibling, revelry. That's good. Ollie, I'm really excited about our next guest. Yeah, before you ask, though. Yeah. How's your uterus? Oliver.
Starting point is 00:02:22 You know what's so wild is that this is one of those stories that I'm actually like I didn't even know that was I've never even heard a story I haven't either This woman Kelsey She has She was born with two uterus
Starting point is 00:02:37 uteri There you go UterI Oliver corrected me And it just made me think How much we don't How much about our own bodies We don't even know
Starting point is 00:02:48 It's possible Or I mean have you ever heard of that No I've never heard of double utter I and then on top of that, getting pregnant with twins in both uter eyes. No, you don't do uter eyes. Uteri.
Starting point is 00:03:06 Uteri. One baby in one Ute and the other in another Ute. Yeah. Double Ute. Should have double Ute. I mean, it's pretty unbelievable. Yeah, no, I mean, this is what I'm saying. Like there's so much about women's bodies that we, you know,
Starting point is 00:03:22 that even though, I mean, yes, obviously the information's out there. but you know we don't talk about it and she came out her she basically someone approached her to tell the story and then it kind of blew up and we were like let's get her on the show just because it's so fascinating and um and what an amazing fascinating story I know she's awesome I also it makes me think about having kids and having five children it is this is what kept going on in my brain no I don't want it you don't want five I mean that's It's a lot of kids. It's a lot of kids.
Starting point is 00:03:57 I'm very happy with three. When I'm around kids, though, you know, I'm like, oh, my God, I love so much. But at the same time, just dealing with the insanity. Oh, I just want another little baby. Those babies are just to have a little baby in that smell. I know. I know, but then I want to hand it off after. You know, I...
Starting point is 00:04:17 Well, then you're at that age. I don't want to deal. I don't want to deal with raising another child. Like, I'm so out of the woods. right now. Are we out of the woods? I'm going to get out of the woods. So he's out of the woods.
Starting point is 00:04:30 That's T. Swift, right? Yeah, T. Swift in her 1980-something, 89 era. 89? 86? That's when, yeah, that's with the Yeah, that's with the. Is that that album?
Starting point is 00:04:53 She'll probably sue us for singing this on. T-slift. Taking the world by storm. But, you know, it's, yeah, I can't, every time I start talking about pregnancy and uteruses, I just get like, I feel the uterus contraction, and I just go, oh, am I done?
Starting point is 00:05:18 The question mark. Kate, you're done. I know you talk about it, but you're done. I am. Yeah. Well, I guess we'll see. No. I guess we'll see if I'm done or not.
Starting point is 00:05:29 Just don't do it. Don't do it. What if Aaron was like, I'm pregnant right now? I mean, would you be freaked out? Or you'd be excited. You'd be excited. I'd be excited and it would be fine and it would be great eventually, but it would be horrible. You'd have to bring all that stuff back into the house.
Starting point is 00:05:50 Oh, my God. No. Once you lose the car seats and the, in the, the cribs and all the thing and you're done with all that strollers. It's like, oh my God, it's the best. I know. It's so wild when it's all gone. It's the best. I'm more looking forward to being like a grandparent. I love the stroller. I'm getting sad that we don't need the stroller anymore. It's like just sitting there. I can't get rid of it. Are you done with the stroller, right? Yeah, and I can't. I keep looking at it. I know. I'll give it to him, but
Starting point is 00:06:18 we know. Weenis is what we call our brother for those of you who I remember saying that on Jimmy Fallon and I'm going, that's a horrible nickname. But weenie, yeah, I could give it to Wienes. But I, but I can't get rid of it because I just stare at it going, oh, my God, is it really, is she really that big? I can't even believe it. She is. But I would, I would, if Aaron was pregnant again, I would, you know, be afraid and then excited. I mean, honestly, to be, to be honest.
Starting point is 00:06:56 There would be like, oh, my gosh. And then terrified and holy shit. Oh, my gosh. But it can't happen because she had her tubes tied. Oh. Yeah. Are you allowed to talk about this? Why not?
Starting point is 00:07:10 Like, I don't know. Is that like a legal? Is she given you permission to say that publicly? I mean, unless there's a guy out there who wants to date her now is not because she can't have kids. Like, I don't know. No, it's fine because actually the story is, because she has. had three C-sections and then she's like, why don't you get a vasectomy? I said, okay, but they're already in cutting you, you know, you're already open. They can just tie your tubes. I said,
Starting point is 00:07:36 I'll do it because if you want me to, I will do it 100% because if you're amazing children, you've given me, I'll do it. But then our doctor was like, there's no reason not to do it while I'm in here. And so she's like, oh, okay, it's not going to hurt anymore or extend the healing process or anything and he's like no no it's just it's just nothing so she's like okay crazy how is that so i still got my my my uh vibe my my my um virile semen you looked so gross yeah when i said that yeah i like never want you to ever say anything like that ever so swimmers i have sussa swimmers it was more the way you said it it was just It was so gross.
Starting point is 00:08:22 Like, it was so gross. They're like nightmares about it. Oh, speaking of nightmares. I had my first nightmare panic attack last night. Really? I had a full-on panic attack in my sleep and woke up as a dream and woke up so happy that it was a dream. Oh, yeah. And not my real life.
Starting point is 00:08:47 I couldn't believe it. What were you panicking about? do you remember scenario it was like I was panicking about I don't know it was like intruders and oh something like scary like like I couldn't move like panic attack like oh my god yeah I'm gonna die kind of like panic attack and it felt so terrible because I've never had one before knock on my oh my god I love that but in my dream it happened in my dream yeah but isn't it so great when you wake up and you're like oh thank God it's not real oh that happens but what does it mean that that was in my subconscious and not
Starting point is 00:09:22 in my in my frontal lo? Well, if you think about that's not good. Is it in my pre-cundle your pre-cuntal vortex? My pre-cuntle vortex. You've got a pre-cuntle vortex.
Starting point is 00:09:41 Oh my God, that's so amazing. Yeah, it was for sure in your pre-cuntle vortex. I was the hottest pre-cuntle vortex. Pre-cuntle vortex. Wow, that's good. It's very complex. Yeah, but you just finished something extremely arduous and exciting.
Starting point is 00:10:01 Oh, yeah, that's true. You know what I mean? Like there's, you know, you want to do well. There's anxiety around it. There's this, there's that, whatever. Or maybe it was the release of anxiety. Or the release, yeah. Like, oh gosh, I can have that panic attack now in my dream.
Starting point is 00:10:15 Yeah, I mean, I just had a dream. And then we've got, um, oh, yeah, we got Kelsey waiting. Kelsey Wayne, but I have a, I had a dream the other night where Aaron was like with another man and I woke up feeling the same thing like, oh my God, thank God. That's not actually happening. But strangely, like I wake up angry at her, but like horny. Oh, I don't want to talk about this. Because I'm not the person you should be having this conversation with. But why did, is it?
Starting point is 00:10:48 I'm like horny. I'm like, I hate you right now. In my dream, you were with this dude. But I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, horny now. I'm like, I'm going to show you who I am. Or like something. I don't know. Or.
Starting point is 00:11:02 I mean, maybe you need the excitement. Do I have a fantasy of like another man in my bed with Aaron? I don't want to talk about it. I don't want that for anyone listening. I don't, I can't, I couldn't deal with that. No, I think it's just like. But I wake up, I woke up horny. When I, whenever I have bad dreams about Aaron with another man.
Starting point is 00:11:19 man, I wake up, like, weirdly horny. I think this is much deeper, and I think you should probably unpack it with your therapist and not your sister. Okay. Let's go to Kelsey. Let's go to Kelsey. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:32 I'm actually, so, okay, that was a major digression, but I'm excited by that digression. I liked our conversation. It was good. All right. So let's talk to Kelsey about our wild story. Ready? Door opening sound effect.
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Starting point is 00:13:42 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I started trying to get pregnant about four years ago now. We're getting a little bit older, and it just kind of felt like the window could be closing. Bloomberg and IHeart Podcasts present. IVF disrupted, the Kind Body Story, a podcast about a company that promised to revolutionize fertility care. Introducing Kind Body, a new generation of women's health and fertility care. Backed by millions in venture capital. and private equity, it grew like a tech startup.
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Starting point is 00:14:38 starting September 19 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Kelsey, welcome to our podcast. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to hear it. It's such a fun. It's such a crazy story. So let's get into it.
Starting point is 00:15:02 I'm just going to let you start with your story. First of all, where are you right now? Where do you live, Kelsey? What part of the world are you in? I am in Alabama. Dora, Alabama. You're in Alabama, and let's just start at the very beginning. Miracle babies.
Starting point is 00:15:22 Yeah. I mean, I guess the question is, when did you find out you had two uterus? We didn't need to go too far, but we don't need to go too far back. Like, you know, explain a little bit about your story. Why don't you give us the rundown? For sure. So I had some just regular, like, complications. as I was a teenager.
Starting point is 00:15:46 And we went to my OB at the time and, you know, explained like, hey, something's off. There's just some stuff that's not right. And it took them a while to figure it out. And she was just like, oh, my gosh, you have two uteruses. And I at that time didn't understand like the complexity of that. The crazy part about that specific instance in finding out my OB at the time. pulled her textbook out in front of me and had never seen it before. She didn't know, like, you know, she learned about it in school, but she had never seen it. And I love her. She was
Starting point is 00:16:25 great for me at that time. But after that, when I decided to have a family, I figured I probably should find an OB who was a little bit more experienced with my situation. So that was a fun moment. Now, did you get a statistic on this? Is there an actual statistic? Like how many people? women have this? If I can remember correctly, I think it's like every three and a thousand women have it. Okay. So. Right.
Starting point is 00:16:55 It's a little bit more common, but I just think it's probably just not talked about a lot. Wild. So they find out, and then what was the first thing that, what was like the first question when you find out you've two uteruses? I think it's uterite. Yeah. That's the plural. You have two uteri.
Starting point is 00:17:13 I think that's what they say. Yeah, uter I. I knew it. Thanks, Ollie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got expelled from high school, but I know my plurals. So what's the first question you asked? At that point, at 17, I didn't really have any questions other than just like, hey, can we fix the current problem that I have?
Starting point is 00:17:36 And she was like, yeah, no problem. So after figuring it out, we fix everything and I was good to go. when I got married, it was more of like, okay, you know, you may have some issues with fertility or, you know, early preterm labor, even miscarriage. And so that led to some questions like, well, what do we need to do as far as this? And when that my OB was like, well, when you decide to have a family, we might need to send you to a fertility doctor to, you know, just check everything, make sure things are looking good, and I just got pregnant with no issue. So we considered my first pregnancy was a high-risk pregnancy.
Starting point is 00:18:19 They watched me a little bit more, but everything was great. But how many kids do you have? I have five now. Okay, so you have five. So you have three normal pregnancies. Yes. And let's get into what happened with this third pregnancy. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:36 This, well, four. How did it again? Which fourth? Yeah. Fourth pregnancy. Yeah. I guess before we get into this, did each one of your pregnancies happen in the same uterus? We think so. There was a little bit of miscommunication on some documentation.
Starting point is 00:18:54 I had my second child at a different hospital, but I came back to UAB for my third child and fourth and fifth. we thought that my second child was in my left uterus, but after everything that happened with the delivery of our twins, we believe that it might have just been every baby was in the right uterus, which is what I feel like. I have pictures vividly like laying on my back and you can see everything is shifted onto my right side because they were in the right uterus. So it was kind of weird. But yeah, so that's, I feel like all of them prior to this in my right uterus. So this would have been the first that I've had one in my left. Wait, Kelsey, I also just want to say thank you for sharing all of this because I know these
Starting point is 00:19:39 things are very personal and private and it's just so nice when people are open about it. And it's so fascinating. And I'm sure there's a lot of people out there who didn't even realize that this, you know, was even a possibility. Yeah. I was a little hesitant at first when the initial reporter came to us about sharing our story. And my husband was the one that was finally like, just do it. And I was like, okay. And then when it kind of blew up, it was really fascinating to me to see how many people like reached out to me over social media like, hey, my daughter has this and we've been told those same things. And we're encouraged by your story to see that you have like three children and now you have this unique pregnancy and everything's gone well. Like that gives us hope for our daughter or for ourselves. And, um, So that was really encouraging for me and made it all worth it. That's great. I know.
Starting point is 00:20:36 It's amazing how speaking out and telling your truth that might be scary sometimes can actually have major benefits. And also you realize how not alone you are in the things that go through. You know, I mean, it's pretty amazing. So with the first pregnancies, though, before the twins, what were the possible complications? you know, what could, how did that work? Meaning, did it matter what uterus? What were the issues? What could have been the issues?
Starting point is 00:21:10 So on my ultrasound, my left uterus is a little tilted and oddly shaped. So that's why they felt like I would have an issue being pregnant in that one. But as far as the right, so both of my uterus are like the size of one split in half. So it's just like the growing space. they felt like with a single pregnancy, I may just have like an early delivery. So we watched for preterm or miscarriage. So once I made it past that first trimester, it was a little, you know, every milestone throughout the whole thing with each of them was kind of like, okay, we've made it a step
Starting point is 00:21:49 farther and we can do this. With two of them, I actually went to 41 weeks. Wow. The last 40 weeks, yeah. My doctors were all like, I just really just don't know how you've made it this form. I don't either. So. How big were they?
Starting point is 00:22:08 My three single babies were all eight pounds and heavier. I had eight one, eight three, and eight five. Wow. Oh, my gosh. That's crazy. Yeah. September always feels like the start of something new. it's back to school, new projects, or just a fresh season. It's the perfect time to start
Starting point is 00:22:33 dreaming about your next adventure. I love that feeling of possibility, thinking about where to go next, what kind of place will stay in, and how to make it feel like home. I'm already imagining the kind of Airbnb that would make the trip unforgettable, somewhere with charm, character, and a little local flavor. If you're planning to be away this September, why not consider hosting your home on Airbnb while you're gone. Your home could be the highlight of someone else's trip, a cozy place to land, a space that helps them feel like a local. And with Airbnb's co-host feature,
Starting point is 00:23:06 you can hire a local co-host to help with everything from managing bookings to making sure your home is guest ready. Find a co-host at Airbnb.ca slash host. I'm Jorge Ramos. And I'm Paola Ramos. Together we're launching The Moment, a new podcast about what it means to live through a time, as uncertain as this one.
Starting point is 00:23:27 We sit down with politicians. I would be the first immigrant mayor in generations, but 40% of New Yorkers were born outside of this country. Artists and activists, I mean, do you ever feel demoralized? I might personally lose hope. This individual might lose the faith, but there's an institution that doesn't lose faith. And that's what I believe in.
Starting point is 00:23:49 To bring you death and analysis from a unique Latino perspective. There's not a single day that Paola and I, don't call or text each other, sharing news and thoughts about what's happening in the country. This new podcast will be a way to make that ongoing intergenerational conversation public. Listen to The Moment with Jorge Ramos and Paola Ramos as part of the MyCultura podcast network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I started trying to get pregnant about four years ago now. We were getting a little bit older and it just kind of felt like the window.
Starting point is 00:24:25 could be closing. Bloomberg and IHeard podcast present. IVF disrupted, the Kind Body story, a podcast about a company that promised to revolutionize fertility care. Introducing Kind Body, a new generation of women's health and fertility care. Backed by millions in venture capital and private equity, it grew like a tech startup. While Kind Body did help women start families, it also left behind a stream of disillusioned and angry patience.
Starting point is 00:24:57 You think you're finally like with the right people in the right hands and then to find out again that you're just not. Don't be fooled. By what? All the bright and shiny. Listen to IVF disrupted, the kind body story starting September 19 on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, well, let's get into this, the, the, the, the,
Starting point is 00:25:24 latest pregnancy. So when did you, like, so walk us through this. You, I mean, other than obviously how you get pregnant. We got that point. Yeah, yeah, I know. But so you, you, you're pregnant, you realize you're pregnant, you go to the doctor and. Yes. So I was, um, at my first ultrasound. Up until that, I really thought that something was going wrong. Uh, I was extremely exhausted more so than any of my other pregnancies and I told my husband I was like man I just think this probably that I'm taking care of three kids and then also pregnant on top of this I never really had morning sickness but I experienced a little bit with this this pregnancy and so I went in thinking I just I don't know I had some had a little bit of bleeding going up into it and so I was really
Starting point is 00:26:18 thinking like okay this is just not going to be a good outcome and my husband actually didn't come with me to the first ultrasound. I said, I'll just call you after, you know, we've done this multiple times. It's no big deal at this point. And immediately I lay down and she's like, oh, here we see baby and everything looks good. I said, there's only one, right? And she said, yeah, there's only one. And I was like, okay, great. So I took a deep breath and just kind of laid back and, you know, relaxed because heartbeat was looking good, baby was looking good. and I said, hey, I'm sure it's in my chart, but I just wanted to let you know, like, in case you see it while you're scanning, I do have a second uterus.
Starting point is 00:26:59 Just don't be alarmed if you run across and see, like, what the heck is this? And she said, I thought I had caught something on the picture. Let's see, let's just go check it out and see that everything looks good. And as soon as she moves, the ultrasound one to the other side, she didn't even have the time to say it. I said, oh, my gosh, there's another one. And she was like, yes, there is another one. Oh, my God. Was your husband there?
Starting point is 00:27:25 No, he was not. I lost it. I would, with laughter, not crying. I laughed so hard. And she was, I feel like she probably was a little uncomfortable because she was like, what? What is it like? Oh, my gosh. I said, I have to call my husband right now.
Starting point is 00:27:41 So I called him immediately. And he thought I was lying to him at first, of course. Yeah. And then when I said, no. there's two of them. I have one in each of my uteruses, and he was like, oh, my gosh. I mean, I am so, okay, so, so, so now you are during the pregnancy, it's obviously very different than twins in the same uterus. Yeah. So does it feel different? I mean, I know, I guess you wouldn't know, did it feel different to you? In comparison to my, like, single
Starting point is 00:28:15 pregnancies, pregnancy felt the same. other than knowing that there were two babies. Now, one of the coolest things I felt like was that you could visibly see the difference in the uterite. Like, at night, when I would lay back in my recliner, they would almost, like, go to their own sides and have a complete divide down the center of my stomach. It was crazy. Are they considered twins?
Starting point is 00:28:42 Medically, the doctors have said that they are fraternal twins because they really have nothing else to call them, but it's more so like their siblings, I feel like. Yeah. Yeah, because they're not sharing the same placenta. Is it this is two different placentas? Two placentas, two wounds, two everything. Wow.
Starting point is 00:29:01 So they really have their own experience except they were close to each other. Yeah. They could like hear, maybe maybe hear each other or feel each other a little. I'm sure they felt each other. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Oh, it's like hard to take in. because it's so wild.
Starting point is 00:29:20 I couldn't imagine. I also like the idea that they'd like tuck into their own side. You know, like they turned over and just went to sleep on their own side of the belly. How old are they now? They are. Well, there'll be seven weeks. So they have different birthday.
Starting point is 00:29:33 So one will be seven weeks tomorrow and one seven weeks on Wednesday. Okay. Okay. So now let's go into the labor experience. Okay. So now you, you, was your labor even harder? Was everything harder with this? I don't think so.
Starting point is 00:29:51 I was induced. We ended up inducing at 39 weeks because my due date was Christmas Day. And I just said, I don't want to be in the hospital on Christmas. I'd like to be home. So we induced a week early. And it was a long process, but it was nothing too hard that I felt like in comparison to the other ones that I've experienced. And, you know, it just kind of happened. We, the doctor, she wanted to check both sides and see like, okay, what's the best plan of action?
Starting point is 00:30:29 What are we going to do? And I had one baby that was a little lower than the other one, which, again, is typical with twins. And so she said, well, I'm just going to, I'll break the water on this side. And then we'll go that route. Because once we break the water, that side will increase faster. and um two sacks yes so she broke the water on my right side and um i guess within probably four hours the baby was born and um then we had to go back into the laboring suite and start the second round uh for baby number two did you take a break we're like did you take like a lunch break
Starting point is 00:31:09 before i wish no they did not get me any food then he was like bang bang back to back yeah well they were 10 and a half hours apart. So I did have to wait a little while, a little while. But it was almost like starting the whole process over. Once we delivered one, we got back to the room, checked everything, and then started the medicine to start induction again and just watched to see how everything went. Ten and a half hours later. So the next morning, we decided it was time for a C-section because things didn't work out as well as I wanted to.
Starting point is 00:31:46 um and she was here wow and that's your that was your left yes yes okay how that's so um now now so you won't raise them as twins or will you or what is that I don't know what is that even means me now people like dress them this whatever I don't oh well I don't think I haven't actually dressed them the same yet I put them in the same colors but I don't put them in matching outfits. But they don't even, I mean, they don't look alike. The only thing about it is, you know, we call them twins because it's easier than explaining the situation to everybody. Yeah. Yeah. The ones that know. Now you can just say, you can go listen to our podcasts. Right, right. Yes. If you really want to know more. Just Google it. Right. Did the laboring feel
Starting point is 00:32:34 different? Not really. I will say when we, before I got, well, mostly because I got an epidural. So I, I, you know, it was kind of just like, okay, we'll sit and wait. But before I got that and I could actually feel my contractions, there was at one point where I could feel a contraction starting in the left side and then it would make like a wave over to the right side. They had to set up two different monitors and try to like put the probes on my stomach just in the right spot where they weren't catching both uteruses at the same time and, you know, try to differentiate between the two.
Starting point is 00:33:13 So it was that, the nurses literally said at my bedside and moved the monitors around all day long. They were pros. What are, what are the statistics of someone with two uteruses getting pregnant in both uteruses? There are, I've heard two different statistics, but I think the most accurate one is like one in a million. Oh my God. You're literally one in a million. Yeah. That's the best.
Starting point is 00:33:42 Wow. I love that. Are you done with having children? Do you want more? No, we are done. We made sure that we were done. Five is a, that is quite a family. And now, how old's your oldest?
Starting point is 00:33:59 She will have turned seven next Friday. And then we have a son who's five, another daughter who's two, and then the two twin girls. Oh, you are going to be in it for a while. it's nice they're all close together and how's your husband is you doing good he's good yeah yeah he uh he bless his heart he's gonna have lots of hormones he and my son are gonna have to go out and throw some football and you know have some bonding time so it's four girls four girls one boy yes by the way how did he how did he handle and deal with all of all of this was he along for the
Starting point is 00:34:36 ride did he have fear was you know what's his vibe yeah oh he he is like my number one encourager with every single pregnancy i come to him and i'm like oh my gosh i'm pregnant and he's like it's fine we've got this it's going to be great um and he just has been right by my side the entire time he is he's the best i couldn't ask for better oh Kelsey thank you so much for sharing your story with us. I can't wait to share this. This is so fun. I know. It's just unbelievable. One in a million. One in a million. I think Kelsey should interview me now on my pregnancy. On your uterus. On my uterus. I think your statistic would be way less than one in a million. Well, thank you so, so, so much. Absolutely. Thank you guys. I appreciate it.
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