{"id":26610,"date":"2025-11-02T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/11\/02\/the-traitors-star-elyn-wyn-is-grateful-for-abnormal-anatomy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T11:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T11:55:39","slug":"the-traitors-star-elyn-wyn-is-grateful-for-abnormal-anatomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/11\/02\/the-traitors-star-elyn-wyn-is-grateful-for-abnormal-anatomy\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Traitors’ star Elyn Wyn is grateful for ‘abnormal anatomy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction to Endometriosis and Uterus Didelphys<\/h2>\n

Traitors star and Welsh opera singer Elen says she is "grateful to have abnormal anatomy" as it ultimately led to her endometriosis diagnosis. The 25-year-old from Anglesey said doctors discovered she only had one "unusually large kidney… two uteruses and two cervixes". The condition, known as uterus didelphys, occurs when the uterus fails to fuse during development in the womb and affects about 0.3% of women.<\/p>\n

Understanding Uterus Didelphys<\/h2>\n

This creates a double uterus, which can also have two cervixes and two vaginal canals. Although Elen has lived with the disease her entire life, the recent discovery has left \u201cso many questions,\u201d such as \u201cWhy?\u201d [both the wombs] bleed at the same time? The star of The Traitor Series 3, who was eliminated in episode two, previously told that the pain she suffered was comparable to that caused by \u201cbarbed wire around her stomach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Symptoms and Diagnosis<\/h2>\n

When her period started at the age of 14, she often missed school and skipped sports because of her symptoms. While she waited ten years for an endometriosis diagnosis, Elen was regularly told it was "just a period" and that she had a low pain threshold. Elen began to suspect she had endometriosis after seeing other people talking about it on social media, but the full extent of her complex condition came to light in a "terrifying" way.<\/p>\n

The Discovery<\/h2>\n

After her second ultrasound, a doctor assumed she knew she only had one kidney, which was not the case. She was referred for an internal scan and recalled being extremely concerned when a nurse could not find her cervix and other staff were asked for a second opinion. \u201cSo many people just looked at that screen inside me and just didn\u2019t understand it,\u201d she said. At first, the doctors denied this Endometriosis – a condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body – but told her her anatomy looked "very different" and referred her for an urgent MRI scan.<\/p>\n

So Many Questions<\/h2>\n

When doctors tried to understand her uterus didelphys, they asked if she had two periods a month, which was not the case. "They asked me, ‘Do you use tampons or pads?’ and I said both. They asked me if I would continue to bleed if I put a tampon in, and I said no,\u201d she remembers. \u201cSo everything is normal except for my two uteruses.\u201d Elen admitted she was still confused by the discovery and had \u201cso many questions.\u201d "What I don’t understand is if I have two uteruses…why are they bleeding at the same time?" "Are they just in sync? I’m kind of grateful that I have abnormal anatomy, because otherwise I wouldn’t have found out I had stage four endometriosis."<\/p>\n

What is Uterus Didelphys?<\/h2>\n

Uterus didelphys is a rare congenital condition that develops before birth when the two fallopian tubes that normally form a single uterus fail to fuse properly. Instead, it creates two separate uteruses – each with its own cervix – and in some cases a double vaginal canal. People with a double uterus are at an increased risk of miscarriage and premature birth, but healthy pregnancies can occur. Some symptoms are: <\/p>\n