A woman born with two uteruses discovered she was pregnant in both at the same time - and gave birth to the smallest baby that doctors has seen.
Megan Phipps , 24, was born with uterine didelphys, or double uterus, a rare condition where a woman has two cervixes and two wombs.
This led to the birth of two children on different dates but, tragically, only one survived.
The mum - who has two older children - told Good Morning America : "I've always carried in my right uterus. They always thought my left side wasn't active."
But this time doctors reportedly told her she was pregnant in both her left and right sides.
At just 22 weeks pregnant, Megan went into labour and was admitted to the Bryan Health hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska.
She says she was told her girls had just 1% of surviving.
"Because of the special circumstances of mom's pregnancy their chances of survival were less," a doctor said.
Phipps gave birth to a baby girl who she named Riley on June 11, followed by another girl, Reece, on June 12.
Both babies weighed under 1 pound.
Sadly, just twelve days later, Riley passed away.
She said the nurses and doctors helped her through her grief as she wasn't allowed visitors to the hospital due to Covid restrictions.
"Basically the only family I had was the nurses, doctors and nurse practitioners that were there helping my baby," she said.
Reece stayed in hospital for 144 days, growing stronger as she grew in size.
She became the youngest baby born at the hospital to survive and was discharged at the start of November weighing over 8lbs.
Megan says she wants her story to give hope to other mothers of premature babies, to know that 'miracles can happen'.
