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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Laura Ungar

'The best gift ever': Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds

Baby-Rare Pregnancy - (Family handout)

Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world.

Before little Ryu was born, he developed outside his mom’s womb, hidden by a basketball-sized ovarian cyst — a dangerous situation so rare that his doctors plan to write about the case for a medical journal.

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