It may probably sound like a fairy tale to hear there exists a woman who has more than one vagina and one womb, but Elizabeth Amoah, a UK based Ghanaian has lived with this condition for quite some time and has now decided to let the world know about it.
Speaking on 3FM’s Drive with Giovani Caleb recently, Elizabeth, also known as ‘Special Lady’, disclosed she has had seven medical surgeries after being diagnosed of having sexual complications.
“I discovered I had a double womb and a double vagina canal in 2015 after an MRI scan, so I had to undergo about seven surgeries,” she said.
According to her, the scan also detected she had Endometriosis: a sexual disorder in which tissues linings of the uterus grow outside the uterus.
She explained having a double vagina means “having one vagina outside and the other inside.”
Elizabeth explained that double womb usually does not come with any symptoms but rather exposes one to health challenges such as irregular periods, fibroids, irregular fainting and in some instances causes infertility.
“I had a premature baby after four years of not conceiving, and going through such health situations wasn’t easy,” she said.
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She noted the condition is not common in women, saying “research says it can be found in one out of 350 women and the person might not even know she has it.”
She added that the double womb usually does not come with any symptoms but rather exposes one to health challenges such as irregular periods, fibroids, irregular fainting and in some instances cause infertility.
“I had a premature baby after four years of not conceiving, and going through such health situations wasn’t easy,” she said.
She noted the condition is not common in women, saying “research says it can be found in one out of 350 women and the person might not even know she has it”.
Having gone through the ordeal, Elizabeth is currently back to Ghana to kick start a campaign dubbed “The Unspoken Topics”, a project she with her Special Lady Foundation plans to use as a tool in educating women, especially young ladies, on female reproductive health challenges.
The Foundation on Sunday, April 14, 2019 kick started the campaign at the Nima Berlin Bridge, Ghana.
The project is expected to receive 400 women both young and old for an encounter with Elizabeth Amoah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Special Lady Foundation.
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