Strange but True: The Baby Who Was Born Twice — First at 24 Weeks and Then Again at 36 Weeks

According to Saednews, A woman from North Texas had to give birth to her baby twice after complications developed during pregnancy. The baby was diagnosed with a sacrococcygeal teratoma, a type of tumor that usually develops before birth and grows from the fetus’s tailbone. This potentially life-threatening tumor occurs in about one out of every 35,000 births and is more common among female infants.

Margaret Boemer discovered the tumor during an ultrasound examination at the 16th week of her pregnancy. While some tumors can be monitored during pregnancy and removed after birth, a sacrococcygeal teratoma can create serious problems with blood circulation. The tumor can also grow along with the baby and sometimes interfere with normal development.

Doctors explained that in some cases, the tumor can become dominant, forcing the baby’s heart to work harder and eventually leading to heart failure, which can result in the baby’s death.

A Baby Born Twice

At 24 weeks of pregnancy, doctors performed a rare surgical procedure in which the fetus was temporarily removed from the mother’s body so that the tumor could be removed. The most challenging part of the operation was taking the baby out without damaging the mother’s uterus.

Because the tumor had grown extremely large, doctors had to make a large incision in the mother’s abdomen and operate on the baby outside the womb. The surgery was successful, and the baby was carefully placed back inside the uterus.

Four months later, Boemer underwent another cesarean section and delivered her baby at 36 weeks of pregnancy.

Doctors said the child will need another operation to completely remove the remaining tumor and will require regular medical examinations in the future.