By A mother was in shock when she found out that her newborn baby was pregnant.
The condition, which according to reports, is incredibly rare, is known as Fetus-in-Fetu.
Monica Vegaas, of Barranquilla, Colombia, was delivered of the baby girl at seven months by cesarean section.
Stonix News reliably Monica Vegaas that 24 hours later, doctors performed another C-section, but this time, on her baby, Itzmara, to remove her parasitic twin, whom she had absorbed in the. womb.
Doctors opted to deliver her by cesarean section for fear that the internal twin would crush her abdominal organs during birth.
Although Itzmara has a little scar on her abdomen, according to her doctors, the baby is doing very well and is on the way to recovery.
Research shows that Fetus-in-Fetu occurs in only one in every 500,000 births. Fetus-in-Fetu occurs when one malformed fetus is enclosed within the body of its twin.
It is usually found within the abdominal cavity.
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