Is it true that some children are born pregnant?

Question

I've heard this is possible in rare cases.

Answer 1

This has indeed happened, in a sense. The infants were not actually pregnant, but carrying another baby inside them. The fetus was an underdeveloped twin that was still alive, but fetus-sized and had been living off the other baby's blood supply.

How this actually occurs is that, while the fetal cells are rapidly dividing in the very earliest stages of development, the fetus is long and kind of looks like a shrimp. You've seen those pictures. Well, the one twin just gets caught inside the other one while he is growing in a curling sort of direction and literally grows around the other one, covering him up. I am not positive of the wording, but I believe it is actually called "fraternal twin fetus in situ", in situ meaning "as something was originally found naturally".

There was a special about this on TV recently. It is very rare, but they discussed 3 modern day occurrences of it.

The one little boy that they focused most on, had always had a protruding belly. Around age 7 or 8, it got larger and larger, and the parents sought help.
This was in India. A United States specialist came. They removed the fetus through surgery. It had been still alive and a heartbeat was seen on ultrasound.
I don't think it lived outside the boy. Obviously it was not in a uterus, but just attached to the peritoneal cavity.

The boy was emaciated, not able to get enough calories for himself with the baby sapping them from him. After surgery, he put on weight and thrived. Much more able to play and move about, without being a small child carrying a baby!

Isn't it amazing the things that can happen?

Answer 2

Ummm, I would have to say no. Its possible a baby may have some part of a twin attached inside (the egg didnt break apart properly so only one baby was born while two "babies" grew) I have only heard of this happening once, think I saw it on Ripleys Believe it or Not - but its not just rare, its EXTREMELY rare and I dont think it will happen again in my lifetime!

Answer 3

I believe you're talking about the kids who had a twin that didn't fully develop and ended up being a tumor inside them. They have called some of these cases 'pregnant' because the tumor feeds off the host and grows even though its not a viable human. There's a technical name for the condition, it's called fetus in fetu.

Answer 4

I have heard a story like that on oprah before. I don't think that they are technically pregnant in all the being pregnant means. I think they may be born with their twin inside of them

Answer 5

It's extremely rare and usually in the case of an undeveloped siamese twin. A pregnancy didn't "technically" occur but it's described as such.

Answer 6

Well it is possible because little girls are born with all the eggs they will have EVER already inside of us....so if one was to be sorta messed up an ovulating for some reason SUPER SUPER SUPER prematurely......then....Possiblly her Dad could also be her Babys daddy too....LOL

DOnt know how the sperm could reach all in there and thru...But Anything is possible

Answer 7

Thats impossible to happen... theres this whole stage of puberty that comes from the ages 11-16 and you need to go through that before the pregnant thing happens

Answer 8

No, not pregnant, but it is called "fetus-in-figi" and it is a case of twins developeing and one basically absorbs the other, and it becomes a brain-dead tumor in the surviving twin. very rare

Answer 9

I forget the name of this disorder, but when a identical twin doesn't develop it can mix it's DNA with the other twin, causing the surviving twin to have two strains of DNA. VERY extrememly rare though.

Answer 10

A baby can not be born pregnant. Thats just totally weird.