"Dancing With the Stars” champ Hannah Brown has been diagnosed with a double uterus — a rare condition that can cause pregnancy complications and painful menstruation, per the Cleveland Clinic.
“I will say that experience was huge for me, because behind-the-scenes, I’ve really been struggling with a lot of health issues before that almost made me not want to go on [Special Forces],” Brown said on the May 6, episode of the Heal Squad podcast. “I was just feeling really bad in every sense of the word and I had really questioned my strength, like how strong I could be physically and mentally, and questioned my worth and if I was enough.”
After experiencing a variety of symptoms and undergoing some tests, Brown found out what was going on with her body.
“There’s some risk in whatever may be there when I’m ready to have children. It looks like they’re attached in some way, it’s just, like, almost split. She’s going to have to figure out, ‘Is one bigger than the other? Can it, like, hold a baby? Which one is better?’ It’s a whole thing. There’s been so much going on. I was like, ‘I need to put that on a shelf. I don’t need to be stressing about that right now,” Brown told podcast host and former “Dancing With the Stars” competitor Maria Menounos.
“I’m like, ‘OK, I’m getting married this year. I will get right on that right after.’ It can definitely complicate things because can the size of the uterus hold a baby? Is one better than the other? But there have been cases of people having double uteruses and having babies and being perfectly fine. But it was definitely a shock,” Brown added.
Per the Cleveland Clinic, having a double uterus only affects about 0.3% of the population. There are quite a few symptoms associated with the condition, many of which mimic other conditions. These symptoms include pain during intercourse, painful menstrual cramping, and miscarriages.
For the time being, Brown is focused on her wedding. She and beau Adam Woolard will tie the knot in France over the summer.
