Woman gives birth to twins one month after having premature baby boy

A woman in Bangladesh has given birth to twins almost one month after having a premature baby boy.

Arifa Sultana, 20, was rushed to hospital 26 days after giving birth to her first child and doctors were stunned to find she was still pregnant with twins in a second uterus.

They performed an emergency Caesarean and delivered a healthy baby girl and boy.

Ms Sultana, who is from a rural village, delivered her first baby at the Khulna Medical College Hospital.

She was rushed to the Ad-din Hospital in the Jessore district nearly a month later with stomach pains where Dr Sheila Poddar performed a Caesarean to deliver the other babies.

"When the patient came in we performed an ultrasound on her and found there were twin babies," Dr Sheila Poddar told the BBC.

"We were very shocked and surprised. I have never observed something like this before."

According to Dr Poddar, Ms Sultana did not know she had a second uterus as she was “very poor” and had “never had an ultrasound before”.

"The babies and her are all healthy. I am very, very happy that everything went well," Dr Poddar said.

Ms Sultana told AFP she was happy with her children but concerned about her financial situation.

Her husband earns less than 6,000 taka (£53) a month as a labourer, but he said he would "try his best".

"It was a miracle from Allah that all my children are healthy. I will try my best to keep them happy,” he said.