A woman born with a rare condition that means that she effectively has two wombs has given birth to two babies, one from each womb.

The woman has been named as Elif Kas, 30, and she and her husband Emre Kas, 31, who got married in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul in 2015, had struggled for about six years to have a baby.

Elif had reportedly suffered through repeated miscarriages, but she finally got pregnant thanks to in vitro fertilisation treatment.

But Elif, who has a bicornuate uterus resulting in her effectively having two wombs, was in for a surprise when she went to hospital for a checkup and the doctors told her that both of her wombs had been fertilised.

A bicornuate uterus is a rare congenital abnormality that can sometimes result in the person having two separate cervixes, two uteruses, and even two wombs.

The doctors told Elif and her husband that two babies were growing inside her despite only one embryo having been used during the in vitro fertilisation treatment.

The doctors explained that one of the foetuses had been conceived naturally while the other was the result of the IVF treatment.

The timing of the conception of the natural child just so happened to coincide with the in vitro treatment.

After a difficult pregnancy that required close monitoring, Elif gave birth to twins Muhammed Tugra and Lale Huma six months ago.

The happy mother said: “After my other miscarriages, I was very scared about this pregnancy.

“I wondered if they were alive every time I went for a checkup. Have their hearts stopped?”

She added: “I always went with this fear, but I always saw that everything was healthy, but when I came home, I was afraid again.”

She added that her doctor told her that she should not stress herself out, so she said she did her best not to be negative. And in the end, it all worked out well.

Elif said: “No one should lose hope. Miracles do happen. Thankfully, our little miracles are in our arms.”