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It\u2019s not what to expect while you\u2019re expecting.<\/p>

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A Canadian woman survived an extraordinary and dangerous ordeal after doctors discovered a fetus was growing in her liver, in a rare form of ectopic pregnancy. The prenatal peculiarity was first described in a 2012 case report but recently came to light via a TikTok video, which currently boasts 5.7 million views.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought I had seen it all,\u201d pediatrician Dr. Michael Narvey admitted in the clip of the embryonic anomaly, which began after the 33-year-old patient reported to the clinic after experiencing menstrual bleeding for 14 days straight. It had also reportedly been a staggering \u201c49 days since her last menstrual period,\u201d according to Narvey.<\/p>

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A subsequent sonogram revealed the stunning source of her symptoms: \u201cWhat they find in the liver is this: a baby,\u201d Narvey explained, pointing to a screenshot of the fetus.<\/p>

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Specifically, the woman had an extremely rare version of an ectopic pregnancy, in which \u201ca fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus,\u201d according to the Mayo Clinic. Aside from having a human growing where it shouldn\u2019t, symptoms of the condition include vaginal bleeding and pelvic and abdomen pain, which generally increase as the unborn child grows.<\/p>\n

In a follow-up video, Dr. Narvey described how in a normal ectopic pregnancy, the fertilized egg \u201cwinds up getting stuck\u201d in the fallopian tube, but, in rare instances, can depart the ova pass and embed itself in the abdominal wall.<\/p>

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However, this patient\u2019s case was rarer still as the embryo had \u201cwound up traveling up to the liver where they implanted,\u201d explained the astonished physician.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see these sometimes in the abdomen but never in the liver,\u201d said the Narvey, who works for the Children\u2019s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. \u201cThis is a first for me.\u201d<\/p>

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Unfortunately, the medical marvel can prove dangerous for both mothers and fetuses as the embryo is rarely able to develop properly outside the uterus. Indeed, while physicians managed to save the patient\u2019s life, they could not rescue her unborn child, per the original case report.<\/p>

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The probability of a baby forming in one\u2019s booze processor is still unclear, however, the same study states that 14 hepatic pregnancies, referring to the liver, have been reported worldwide in the 35 years preceding Nov. 1999.<\/p>\n

The medical journal described another instance of a 25-year-old woman who was found to have a live 18-week-old fetus attached to her liver. She tragically died of uncontrollable bleeding following the embryo\u2019s extraction.<\/p>\n

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