A woman with two wombs and two vaginas has spoken of her joy at finally giving birth to a 'miracle' baby.
Leona Doherty, 35, was born with the incredibly rare medical condition uterus didelphys.
Only three per cent of women are born with such an abnormality - which can cause complications with pregnancy - and she suffered four miscarriages as a result.
Mrs Doherty's chances of conception were halved because each of her wombs had just one fallopian tube and one ovary - which makes having a baby even more difficult.
But after 14 years of trying to have a child with husband Gary, 41, she conceived a healthy baby in one of her wombs.
Their son Hugh was delivered by Caesarean section on December 9 - weighing just 5lbs 9oz.
His birth came after 12 months of serious health problems, in which Mrs Doherty nearly died and her husband battled depression.
She had a stroke and was rushed to hospital with liver and kidney failure.
Mrs Doherty, of Derry, Northern Ireland, said: 'Hugh's birth was the most amazing, unbelievable feeling.
'I still can't believe he's mine, even now.
'For 14 years we tried to have our own children and we never gave up hope. He's our miracle. We've been through so much to have him, but I never gave up hope.’
Only one in 5 million women are said to be affected by the rare condition uterus didelphys.
The condition is normally diagnosed during an examination, a smear test or in a scan during pregnancy.
It occurs because in a female foetus, the uterus starts out as two small tubes.
As the foetus develops, the tubes normally join to create one larger, hollow organ.
However sometimes the tubes don't join completely and each one develops into a separate hollow organ - so the woman is born with two wombs.
As in Mrs Doherty's case, sometimes women with the condition will have pregnancy complications because each uterus can be smaller than normal.
Although Mrs Doherty has two vaginas, she has sex normally but becomes pregnant in one uterus.
Had she given birth naturally, it would have been through the vagina attached to that uterus, Dr Leila Hanna, a consultant gynaecologist & obstetrician at BMI The Sloane Hospital, told MailOnline.
However, Caesarean sections are usually recommended in these women, to reduce the risk of complications.
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