"Appearing on the podcast It's Not JUST a Period!, the 25-year-old from Anglesey said doctors discovered she had only one 'abnormally big kidney... two wombs and two cervixes'. The condition, known as uterus didelphys, occurs when the uterus fails to fuse during development in the womb and it affects about 0.3% of women. This results in a double uterus, which may also have two cervixes and two vaginal canals."
"During her 10-year wait for an endometriosis diagnosis, Elen, originally from Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy, was regularly told it was 'just a period', that she had a low pain threshold and on one occasion, was laughed at by a GP. Elen began suspecting she had endometriosis after watching other people talk about it on TikTok, yet the full extent of her complex condition came to light in a 'terrifying' way. After her second ultrasound, a doctor assumed she knew she only had one kidney, which she did not."
Elen Wyn, 25 and from Anglesey, experienced severe menstrual pain from age 14 that caused missed school and withdrawal from sports. Doctors discovered only one abnormally large kidney, two wombs and two cervixes, a condition called uterus didelphys that affects about 0.3% of women. Endometriosis produced intense pain described as 'barbed wire around her stomach' and remained undiagnosed for ten years amid repeated dismissal and mockery. Diagnostic imaging and an internal ultrasound revealed unexpected anatomy, prompting multiple clinicians to seek second opinions and raising questions about simultaneous bleeding from both wombs.
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