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Miracle Birth: Baby Survives Near-Impossible Abdominal Pregnancy
13 Dec
Summary
- A 41-year-old woman preparing for surgery discovered she was pregnant.
- She had a 10kg ovarian cyst and an abdominal ectopic pregnancy.
- A team of 30 experts performed a complex delivery and surgery.
A woman's planned surgery for a massive 10kg ovarian cyst took an unexpected turn when doctors discovered she was pregnant, despite her uterus appearing empty. Suze Lopez, 41, was blindsided by the news, especially after years of trying for another child. Doctors soon realized she was suffering from an abdominal ectopic pregnancy, an extraordinarily rare and dangerous condition.
The unborn baby had been growing in a small abdominal space, near the liver, pushing against the growing cyst. A multidisciplinary team of approximately 30 medical professionals executed a highly complex delivery and surgery to safely extract the baby boy, Ryu.
Following Ryu's delivery, Suze experienced severe hemorrhaging, requiring immediate and extensive blood transfusions. Despite the critical situation for both mother and child, Ryu survived his initial two weeks in the hospital, meeting developmental milestones and defying significant medical odds associated with such a rare pregnancy.
