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'Genetically male' woman
gives birth to healthy twins
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In what is being billed as a one in a million case, doctors helped a woman
termed `genetically male' with a rare chance of conceiving, deliver two
babies.
The babies, a boy and a girl, whose birth doctors said was nothing short
of a medical miracle, were born on Saturday after Maya Sharma (name
changed) went through a series of treatment procedures spread over
three years to realize her dream of becoming a mother. “This is similar to
a male delivering twins,“ said Dr Sunil Jindal, the infertility specialist who
administered the treatment.
Maya's condition is referred to as XY gonadal dysgenesis, in which the
person has external female characteristics but non-functional gonads or
ovaries, the ovum producing reproductive organs necessary for
reproduction. She never menstruated, or experienced puberty , leading
doctors who conducted a karo typing (chromosomal study) test on her to
diagnose her as having XY (male pattern) chromosomes.
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The only saving grace, though, was that she had an infantile uterus, which could be developed with hormonal and