A Chinese woman who was previously diagnosed with infertility gave birth just hours after she was told that she was over eight months pregnant.
The 36-year-old woman from Hangzhou, China, has captured widespread attention on Chinese social media following her unexpected delivery.
The woman, identified only as Gong by the South China Morning Post, was previously told she was sterile and unable to bear a child due to an unspecified womb syndrome. She and her husband had later inquired about possibly undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) but were rejected due to her weight.
Her weight was not specifically mentioned, but it was noted that Gong was "tall and fat" and that she was addicted to desserts.
Her Unexpected Pregnancy and Giving Birth
Gong visited Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital after she suffered from numbness in her arms and extremely high blood pressure. She was only set to receive treatment for hypertension but had been asked to undergo ultrasonic examination when doctors learned that she had not had her menstruation for months. It was then discovered that she was pregnant.
Doctors later deemed her health condition critical and immediately performed an emergency caesarean section (C-section), where they delivered a healthy baby boy.
"There were only four hours from finding out I was pregnant to the birth of my baby," she said.
The boy weighed 2 kilograms at birth.
Other Unexpected Pregnancies
Gong's extraordinary pregnancy is one of the few cases of unexpected pregnancies in recent years.
In 2019, Elizabeth Kough made headlines when she became pregnant after having both fallopian tubes removed. Kough, who already had three children, underwent a bilateral salpingectomy in 2015 to prevent future pregnancies and reduce her risk of ovarian cancer. Despite the procedure's near 100% effectiveness, Kough discovered she was pregnant in 2019 and gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
For perspective, the rate of pregnancy for women who have had their fallopian tubes partially removed is about 7.5 per 1,000. There is no available data on the pregnancy rate for women who underwent fill removal, such as Kough, largely because it is rare.
