Indian Woman Diagnosed 95 Percent Male Gives Birth to Miracle Twins

A woman in India who was discovered to be 95 percent genetically male has given birth to twins, in what doctors treating her termed a "medical miracle."

"This is something similar to a male delivering twins", Dr Sunil Jindal, the infertility specialist who administered the treatment, told the Times of India. "We are really happy that we could pull it off."

Jindal explained that the 32-year-old woman has the appearance of a female but after undergoing a chromosomal study was found, to her surprise, to have more than 95 percent XY [male] chromosomes. She has never undergone puberty or menstruated, but was discovered to have an "infantile uterus" which doctors developed using hormonal and endocrinal treatment to enable her to get pregnant.

The husband's sperm was used to fertilize a donor egg, which was then implanted in her uterus after three years of fertility treatment. The two healthy babies, a boy and girl weighing 2.25 kilos and 2.50 kilos respectively, were delivered by caesarean section on Friday at a hospital in the city of Meerut, 70 km northeast of New Delhi.

During the course of their research, the medical team discovered that there have only five reported cases of a woman with the condition, medically referred to as XY gonadal dysgenesis, being able to give birth. The medical team plans to present the case at the next European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in June.