IT was her first pap smear test and the Singaporean, in her
mid-twenties, didn't expect any surprises. After all, she is young
and healthy.
But what was to have been a routine five-minute check-up last
month turned complicated - she discovered she had two vaginas. The
discovery was also a first for her doctor.
Dr Chee Jing Jye, the medical director at The Obstetrics &
Gynaecology Centre at Paragon Medical, had never encountered such a
case in her 13 years of practice.
The discovery was made after the young woman was physically
examined and had a 3-D ultrasound scan for abnormalities in the
womb.
Fortunately, despite having two vaginas and two cervixes, her
womb was fine. Still, the news came as a blow for the woman, said
DrChee.
The distraught woman declined to be interviewed by The New
Paper. Dr Chee said that one of the first questions she asked was:
"Am I normal?"
The doctor, who is in her 30s, assured her that her condition
isn't life-threatening and will not have a major impact on her
life.
She told The New Paper: "Theoretically, the chances of her
getting pregnant in the future should not be much of a
problem."
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