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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Florida baby ‘born twice’ after elaborate surgery involving partial delivery

a mother and father smile at their newborn
Keishera and Greg Joubert with their son, Cassian. Photograph: Orlando Health

A Florida infant is said to have been born twice after undergoing what was an innovative, probably life-saving surgery that involved a partial delivery weeks before his mother then gave birth to him.

Cassian Joubert’s remarkable story was recently first told publicly by his mother and father – Keishera and Greg Joubert – in a 1 May video published on social media by the Orlando Health Women’s Institute, which employs the surgeon that led the baby boy’s prenatal operation.

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