A MUM has given 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to a “miracle” 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 girl – who had grown entirely outside of her womb.

Evgenia Baturina, 37, didn’t know she was pregnant until she was 33 weeks’ when docs discovered the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 inside her abdominal cavity.

6Evgenia Baturina, 38, with new𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 Anastasia after having an abdominal pregnancyCredit: Voronezh Ministry of Health

6The infant was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 weighing just under five pounds at a hospital in RussiaCredit: Vesti Voronezh

The mum-of-three, from Russia, delivered the healthy 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, who she named Anastasia, via caesarean-section three weeks later, weighing just under 5lbs.

She has been told it’s only the 17th known case where a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 has survived such a pregnancy.

Shock pregnancy

Galina Nikonova, head perinatal doctor in the Voronezh hospital where the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 was delivered, said: “This does not happen, it just does not happen.

“Suddenly we get a full-term 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 where she should not live.

“The girl was located in the foetal membranes.

“She had a placenta, which was located between the ovary and the Fallopian tube.”

The fact that the girl has developed outside the womb… is a miracle

Galina NikonovaHead Perinatal Doctor In The Voronezh Hospital

She said: “The fact that the girl has developed outside the uterus and grown to 2.13 kg is a miracle.

“I have been working for 44 years, but this is the first time I see that a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 alive and almost full-term in such circumstances.”

Evgenia, who works as a pastry chef, was “very lucky” to successfully carry Anastasia who measured 18 inches at 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡, say the hospital.

“I’ve always had a tummy,” she said.

“I just thought it had got a bit bigger – as usual.

“I work from home and somehow did not pay much attention to my increasing size.”

Abdominal pains began getting strong and she went to her local hospital in Boguchar.

“I felt bad, I was suffering pain,” she said.

“It became serious, it hurt.”

6The mum-of-three had no idea she was expecting until she got to 33 weeksCredit: Vesti Voronezh

6She has been told she is the 17th known case of a successful abdominal pregnancy – which has a high death rateCredit: Alexandra Zinchenko/Moe Online

While her pregnancy was detected, but an ultrasound did not spot that the 33-week foetus was entirely outside the womb.

The tissues surrounding the foetus created the appearance of a normal uterus.

By the 36th week, abdominal bleeding began and Evgenia was in a lot of pain.

She was sent to Voronezh Perinatal Centre in the regional capital where a one-and-a-half hour emergency Caesarean revealed the true nature of her pregnancy.

Against the odds

“We can say the woman was very lucky, because the placenta did not affect nearby vital organs, attached only to the uterine appendages,” said chief obstetrician Dr Tatyana Gushchina.

“If it had been attached to the intestine, or the omentum, or other organs, then this surgery would have been much more traumatic.”

The odds on a 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 with the mother and 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 healthy were “one in a billion”, she said.

Evgenia lost three litres of blood during the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡.

“Of course, I was shocked, and I am still shocked,” said Evgenia, who is also a grandmother.

Chief neonatologist Lyudmila Ippolitova said there was “nothing to show” the new𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 girl was “very uncomfortable” during the pregnancy or that there were problems in her development.

“The 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 did not require our serious intervention after 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡,” she said.

Galina Nikonova, head of the remote obstetric advisory department of Voronezh Perinatal Centre, said it was a miracle the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 survivedCredit: Vesti Voronezh