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Baby Born Twice in Miracle Surgery
22 Sep
Summary
- A rare tumor threatened the life of an unborn baby.
- Doctors performed surgery on the fetus inside the womb.
- The baby was born a second time after a successful operation.
A rare and dangerous tumor growing on a baby's tailbone led to a groundbreaking fetal surgery. Margaret Boemer was 16 weeks pregnant when doctors identified a sacrococcygeal teratoma on her unborn daughter, which was diverting blood and threatening fatal heart failure. The tumor was nearly as large as the fetus itself.
By 23 weeks gestation, the baby's heart was under severe strain, causing cardiac failure. Doctors recommended immediate intervention, offering a perilous procedure where the fetus would be temporarily removed for surgery and then returned to the womb. The baby, weighing just over a pound, was carefully brought out through a large incision and placed on life support via her mother's placenta.
Surgeons successfully removed most of the tumor, though the baby's heart nearly stopped during the operation and required specialist attention. After the surgery, the baby was returned to the womb, and the mother remained on strict bed rest. At nearly 36 weeks, the baby, named Lynlee Hope, was born healthy via C-section, weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces.
