A mum with bleeding so heavy she got through 30 pads a day - costing £600-a-year - discovered it's because she has TWO uteruses.
Jade Williams, 31, began getting heavy periods after the birth of her first child, Elouise, in November 2012, when she was 19.
They grew heavier and heavier over the years but doctors didn't know why.
An exploratory surgery revealed an unexpected outcome - she was bleeding from two uteruses.
Despite having been through four pregnancies and countless scans, the rare condition - known as uterus didelphys - had been missed.
Jade has had an IUS coil fitted since then and the bleeding has been significantly reduced, meaning she can go about her daily life again without worry for the first time in years.
Jade Williams, 31, began getting heavy periods after the birth of her first child, Elouise, in November 2012, when she was 19.
They grew heavier and heavier over the years but doctors didn't know why.
An exploratory surgery revealed an unexpected outcome - she was bleeding from two uteruses.
Despite having been through four pregnancies and countless scans, the rare condition - known as uterus didelphys - had been missed.
Jade has had an IUS coil fitted since then and the bleeding has been significantly reduced, meaning she can go about her daily life again without worry for the first time in years.
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00:00 I had my daughter in 2011, so 2012 I started bleeding heavily.
00:05 I went to a private hospital which removed cancer cells and everything like that.
00:12 And then from then I was still bleeding even throughout pregnancies, 20 to 30 pads a day, just constant.
00:21 I had to have leggings on top of obviously my normal wear, obviously a lot of cramping, clots.
00:29 And then I just had enough. I was taking iron tablets, everything like that.
00:34 So I just had enough, sat at the GP and said I can't go until this is sorted.
00:38 Then got an appointment for a scan, that was eight weeks later.
00:44 And then I had a biopsy after my scan.
00:47 They took a bit of the womb away because the thickness was 18, which is normally meant to be about 8 or 9.
00:55 And they tested it off. Two days later I then got a call from the hospital to say that I needed to go straight in for another biopsy.
01:04 They'd done their biopsy and said they needed to have an operate to investigate more.
01:09 So they did that and then as soon as I came round they said it's one in a million women that have got two uterus.
01:19 The left hand side has now failed, so there's not much they can do.
01:24 They've been trying to investigate from other women, but obviously it's hard because it's mainly all in the States.
01:30 Other women have got two uterus that has been found.
01:34 They've had twins and yeah, that's just a crazy, you know, first proper summer I can wear, you know, as and what I want without feeling nervous going out.
01:46 I can go swimming with the children and yeah, just live happy.
01:51 Just definitely get checked, you know, too much bleeding is not good.
01:57 Anyone that's obviously having the same issues, a lot of bleeding, it's always best to get checked, definitely.