The case of the "pregnant" baby born to his twin brother shocked Barranquilla

When Monica Vega was seven months pregnant, an ultrasound revealed something unusual: had two umbilical cords, his own and another that connected the baby with a mbad that was forming inside. They discovered that her daughter was suffering from a strange phenomenon called "parasite twin" or "fetus in the fetus", which occurs in one in 1,000,000 births worldwide.

The strange case was known through the program Informants, who spoke about the phenomenon with the gynecologist who attended Vega, Miguel Parra, expert in high-risk pregnancy. "The two trained babies did not do so asymmetrically, so it's a baby who is pregnant with his twin brother, who wears it in his abdomen," he said.

According to the program, the cells of the twins are divided into a week and begin to form from there. When the process occurs in the second week, there is a Siamese phenomenon and, in the case of the "fetus in fetu", the cells are divided after 17 days.

Normally, this rare phenomenon of finding after birth and not before, there are in the medical literature diagnoses of children of 5 and 6 years old who have formed a large mbad in the abdomen that is thought to be a tumor and who ends up being a rare pregnancy; explained the doctor. That's why Monica's case is unique in the world.

The doctor explained that this second mbad that would be a twin baby, because in most cases lacks heart and brain, "absorbs food directly from the heart of his sister," said Parra. But if you have all four limbs and bones. However, there is no chance of survival.

As a result, Itzamara, as she is called Monica's baby, was born at 37 weeks old. Twenty-four hours later, she had to undergo a caesarean to remove her twin and prevent the fetus from developing into her and thus affect her organs. The risk was also in the operation, which could hurt his structure by having his body still weak.

However, Itzamara has managed to get out of the operation and will continue to grow without complications.