True life stories of women whose babies developed outside the womb.
Ncise Cwayita, a 20 year old from South Africa, gave birth to a healthy baby girl after she had grown in her liver, instead of the womb. The baby had attached herself to the liver which is a rich source of blood and had her nutrients provided from that. She then expanded into the abdominal cavity. Doctors didn't discover this until they did a scan a week before Ncise's due date. They then did a complicated operation to deliver the baby, who was perfectly normal and weighed 6lbs, 3ozs.
A 42 year old woman in Nottingham, UK, gave birth to a baby girl who had developed in her bowel. The baby had implanted in the lining of the bowel where she was able to obtain nutrients. Doctors thought the woman had a tumor growing on her cervix, but this was actually her unused womb. They didn't realise the baby was in her bowel until the day of delivery. The mother needed blood transfusions but both she and her baby are healthy. She had been told she could never have children.
A 37 year old woman in the UK gave birth to a baby girl, Millie, after she had developed in her abdomen. Doctors hadn't realised the baby was outside the womb and tried to attempt an induction of labor. After being in labor for hours with no progress, they decided on a caesarean. It was then that they realised the baby wasn't in the womb and ended up doing emergency operations to deliver the baby, a bowel operation and a full hysterectomy. The mother, Lisa, was too ill to see Millie for 3 days afterwards, but now both are healthy. Baby Millie was a bouncing 8lbs, 7ozs.
