Wendy Zukerman

We think she had a urethra, the inner and outer lips of the vulva.

So all of that looked typical.

But then instead of an opening where the vagina was supposed to be, there was skin with a little dent in it.

So think about it like kind of pressing your cheek a little, like a little dimple.

So no hole.

And this condition is usually brought on by a syndrome with a very long name.

Right.

Well, this mouthful was said by Dr. Neil Shah.

He's an OBGYN and the chief medical officer at Maven Clinic.

He's based in Massachusetts.

And he's treated people who have this condition before.

Now, Neil told us that on top of the vagina that hadn't properly formed, people with this condition can also have a uterus that is not fully developed.

But in this case, with the pregnant hero of our story, her uterus was fully formed, working perfectly and could support a fetus soon to be a baby.

It just seems there was no vagina.

So the big question is, of course... How did the sperm get in?

Okay, so the baby got out by C-section.

That's the quick one.

Now, back at the hospital, doctors and nurses were curious themselves about how the sperm got in there.

And actually, the case report says that...

get this, as they were still closing her up from surgery, from the surgery of the C-section, quote, curiosity could not be contained any longer and the patient was interviewed with the help of a sympathetic nursing sister, end quote.