Rare occurrence! Docs deliver baby girl grown inside abdominal cavity instead of uterus, both doing fine

In most pregnancies, a fertilised egg grows inside the uterus with the placenta, which provides nutrients and oxygen to the growing baby, attached to the uterus wall, but in this case, it was attached to the bowel.

New Delhi: In a rare occurrence, doctors at a private facility here delivered a baby girl who had grown inside the abdominal cavity instead of the uterus. In most pregnancies, a fertilised egg grows inside the uterus with the placenta, which provides nutrients and oxygen to the growing baby, attached to the uterus wall, but in this case, it was attached to the bowel. "In cases where the fertilised egg grows inside the abdominal cavity, it does not survive beyond four or five months, but in this case, it was a full-term pregnancy and the baby was delivered through a caesarean surgery performed on Monday morning. The baby's weight was 2.65 kg," Anjali Chaudhary, obstetrics and gynaecology, Aarogya Hospital said.