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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Laura Ungar

California woman gives birth to miracle baby boy – ‘The best gift ever’

‘I do believe in miracles,’ she said, looking at her baby. ‘God gave us this gift — the best gift ever’ - (AP)

A Californian mother has described her baby’s birth as a "miracle" after he developed outside her womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian cyst, a situation so rare that doctors plan to document the case for a medical journal.

Suze Lopez, a 41-year-old nurse from Bakersfield, was unaware she was pregnant with her second child until days before giving birth to her son, Ryu.

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