A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads, admitted she had initially expected twins.
Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil’s northern Para state, with her newborn weighing 9.9lbs.
And in a tribute to the religious celebrations at Christmas, she has decided to call the pair Emanoel and Jesus.
Following the birth of her baby, mother Maria, 25, admitted that she had been told she was set to welcome twins.
But following a number of tests, doctors have revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines but shares one heart, lungs, liver and pelvis.
The hospital’s director, Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos, told Brazil’s O Povo newspaper that the woman decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.
The 25-year-old mother, who lives in a rural area of the state, had no ultra-sound scans during her pregnancy and only found out about the abnormality minutes before the baby was born at 1am on Monday morning.
He said: ‘When doctors scanned her they realised that the baby had two heads and that a normal birth would be a great risk both for mother and baby. The caesarean took an hour because the baby was sitting down.
‘Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital we managed to save both mother and baby, which was our aim. And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health.’
Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital said: ‘If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?
‘We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we’ve got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop.’
Mr Vasconcelos added that at no point did the mother, who has three other children, appear distraught that her son has two heads.
He said: ‘On the contrary, the baby was received with much happiness by the family.
‘The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room the whole time. Her desire was to take her baby straight home.’
The mother and baby were taken by air ambulance yesterday afternoon to a specialist hospital in the state capital, Belem, to carry out further tests. They are expected to be allowed home later this week.
Remarkably, this is the second time a two-headed baby has been born in Brazil this year. Sueli Ferreira, 27, gave birth to a two-headed baby in Paraiba State, but it died a few hours later because of lack of oxygen to one of the child’s heads.
Dailymail.co.uk
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GOD are these the last days?
@Jane these things have been happening in the world for a long time. So shut up Chikala
Some 1d!ot just make comments to seek attention, ignore them……
These are experiences that should make all of us reflect….
Bless the family
i believe we are really in the last days.
Testing
I am sure there were going to be twins but something went wrong.
Jesus Christ, help us
Yes, these are unmistakably last days, ignore these signs at your peril.
Nomba kuti akula shani ne mitwe shibili? Even if both brains are functioning properly, its just common sense that one is removed. Hope the baby survives.
These babies look identical, so this could be a case of conjoined twins. Though its a rare phenomenon, we have seen it before, even here in Zambia we have had our own cases of conjoined twins
Wait a minute
Nevers Mumba is a money laundering machine.
He abuses tax payers money and fires anyone who gets in his way. He and Mr Nzoya (the deputy at the high commission here in Ottawa) have been stealing money to buy luxury cars for them selves in Ottawa;they travel around the globe for personal reasons then finance them through the mission.
They fired Mr Tembo because he was against this and sent him back to Zambia. they also have an office slut ( carolina rodriguez ) working for them and she abuses the Zambian mission’s money by offering her physical body to diplomats.
this is such a shame; abusing hard earned tax payers money
It is a touching situation and hope the family will pull through. Above all, may the family tender their love all the time for the baby.
WE HAVE EYES BUT WE CANT SEE…WE HAVE EARS BUT WE CANT HEAR…
This is really unbearable,its very unfortunate that the baby is using one heart,although these other things may be separate. meaning that if the one head is removed it may affect the other.there is need to wait and see what happens.these are end times.
Miracles.
This will probably be one of the toughest Medical challenge the profession will face!
This is really a miracle, we just hope that things will be ok to both the mother and the chid. It also shows that these are the last days, so lets watch and pray.
well it’s miracle ,may the love of God be with the family
People we have to be realistic here. What type of future will a freak of nature like that have?
I can tell you. The baby will be an outcast.
The solution is simple and pinfull at the some time.
Put the “baby” to sleep for good and apare it from misery
um
Its a sad development.Its such a complicated issue and we really have to pray for the doctors to make the right decision.
Mwana mfumu you’re an evil person. Thats a life you’re talking about. Its not a Dog or some animal. How do some of you sleep at night with such evil ringing in your minds. God forgive you. You’re pathetic.
ITS HAPPENED BEFORE….ONE PAIR HAS EVEN GROWN TO YOUNG LADIES NOW….GOOGLE IF YOU WANT…
This happens though rare. It has nothing with being last days. The two were twins that did not develop properly. This is just an act of nature, in the same manner we have paralegics and other deformities in babies. Mutations can occur that are sometimes so terrible even in animals. This is nature.
Imwe these days you cannot be dabwaring these things. These fima fertility tabs mulenwa!
i totally agree with Pee…
these days are numbered, next will see a snake with 6 heads
There are already instances when snakes with several heads have been found. Like I said, this has been happening from bibblical times. We seem suprised because it is rare, but it is not a spiritual or a religious issue, but purely nature. In most cases, saverely disfigured animals will not survive as complications are too many.
Mwana Mfumu u are a fool how do u call a baby a freak. you should be ashamed of yourself, instead of finding solutions you want them to kill the baby, what kind of a freak are u anyway. anyway fools like u are heartless, as for me i only hope and pray that our dear lord will find a solution coz there is nothing impossible that the lord our God can not handle. I only wish for the best for the baby.
I have read o what u av written nd it seems 2me that u all don’t understand what u ar talking about. Listen to this, 1. The foods we eat are medicated badly. 2. The water we drink same, and all issues concerning GMOs, the pill to block the women menstruation periods they lead to such. Mwanvera imwe?
this is the world we ar leavn in let pray for da baby en da mother too.
God have mercy on you all!!!
Pam.what connection is there between Nevers Mumba and Nzowa in this story.Don’t display yo hatred foolisly. Lean to contribte effectively idiot
@Barbed Wire you sound wise and I can tell you have a lot our African countries can learn from if we have to prosper as a people.
well by the description of their organs it sounds like they are siamese or conjoined twins.
GOD YOU ARE GREAT.LET YOUR WILL HAPPEN ON THE INNOCENT SOULS
.YOU KNEW THEM BEFORE.LET THOSE WHO DOUBT YOU START GLORIFYING YOU.AMEN
@pam u r lost wat r u talking about?@R i like ur coment ther is big sense & touchig indeed may the great lord be upon these inocent souls,for with God nothing shaill be imposible.
This Ȋ̝̊̅§ terrible buh Ȋ̝̊̅§ dere no way d baby can b operated upon?o jesus christ plz save dis baby o he Ȋ̝̊̅§ in ur hands o
Only Our God knows,JESUS help us
NOW IF ONE DIES,THE OTHER ONE WILL REMAIN,NOW HOW DO THEY BARRY THE DEAD ONE
let God be God.
hahahahaha iwe ka pam
now am confused with pam’s comment,pam u mean nervous mumba gave birth to this baby through stealing public funds using a slut in ottawa,hahahahahahahhahahahahaha silly yoself.
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