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Brazilian woman has given birth to a two-headed baby boy and doctors say the newborn appears to be in good health. Maria de Nazare has decided to name the pair, who share a heart, lungs, liver and pelvis, Emanoel and Jesus.
"When doctors scanned her they realized that the baby had two heads and that a normal birth would be a great risk both for mother and baby," hospital director Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos told Brazil's O Povo newspaper. "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," he said. "And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health."
De Nazare was expecting twins and only found out about the two-headed child minutes before doctors advised her to have a caesarean birth in order to save both her life and that of her baby. Along with two heads, the 9.9 pound newborns have separate spines.
In some two-headed births where one brain is less developed, one head is removed in order to save the child's life. But rarer cases like this one, where there are two functioning brains, complicates the decision making process for doctors.
"If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?" said Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital. "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."
Conjoined twins sharing a body, but with separate heads, are extremely rare but not without precedent. This is the second such birth in Brazil this year. However, the other child died after a few hours because of a lack of oxygen to one of the child's heads.
Bizzare wrote:So what happens from here? Can't separate that??
Bizzare wrote:So what happens from here? Can't separate that??
So...you saying they should have aborted? If the child is healthy.... don't see the problem.thelem wrote:sooo..this wasnt noticed at checkups/ultra sounds?
DevilZ wrote:2 kids in one body crazy as firetruck...how are they going to adapt?
crossdrilled wrote:breast feeding will be a simple affair for these guys, but mom might not like it so much.
gracen wrote:Bizzare wrote:So what happens from here? Can't separate that??
They share the same heart, lungs, liver and pelvis. Not possible
crossdrilled wrote:So...you saying they should have aborted? If the child is healthy.... don't see the problem.thelem wrote:sooo..this wasnt noticed at checkups/ultra sounds?
cinco wrote:i see a bright future in porn for them
bonzo.specb wrote:Who controls the fapping hand?
