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Brazilian baby 'born healthy with two heads... and both are suckling mother's breasts

'Mother only found about her baby's abnormalities minutes before birth

This is the second registered case of a two-headed baby being born in Brazil this year

A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads, admitted she had initially expected twins.

Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil's northern Para state, with her newborn weighing 9.9lbs.

And in a tribute to the religious celebrations at Christmas, she has decided to call the pair Emanoel and Jesus.

The baby has two heads but all his organs are functioning healthily. The mother was said to have found about the abnormality only minutes before he was born.

Following the birth of her baby, mother Maria, 25, admitted that she had been told she was set to welcome twins.

But following a number of tests, doctors have revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines but shares one heart, lungs, liver and pelvis.

The hospital's director, Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos, told Brazil's O Povo newspaper that the woman decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.

The 25-year-old mother, who lives in a rural area of the state, had no ultra-sound scans during her pregnancy and only found out about the abnormality minutes before the baby was born at 1am on Monday morning.

He said, 'When doctors scanned her they realised that the baby had two heads and that a normal birth would be a great risk both for mother and baby. The caesarean took an hour because the baby was sitting down.

'Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital we managed to save both mother and baby, which was our aim. And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health.'

Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa Hospital, where the babies are being cared for, said, 'If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?

We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we've got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop.'


CONJOINED TWINS

The two-headed boy is, in reality, conjoined twins who share a single body. The condition is known as dicephalic parapagus - an extremely unusual form of conjoinment.

Because they share the same body, it is not possible to separate dicephalic parapagus twins.
The birth of such twins is extremely rare in south-west Asia and Africa.

However, there have been instances of dicephalic parapagus twins in the West.

In the U.S. Abigail and Brittany Hensel have become media celebrities, appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show and featuring in television documentaries.

Mr Vasconcelos added that at no point did the mother, who has three other children, appear distraught that her son has two heads. He said, 'On the contrary, the baby was received with much happiness by the family.

'The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room the whole time. Her desire was to take her baby straight home.'

The mother and baby were taken by air ambulance yesterday afternoon to a specialist hospital in the state capital, Belem, to carry out further tests. They are expected to be allowed home later this week.

Remarkably, this is the second time a two-headed baby has been born in Brazil this year. Sueli Ferreira, 27, gave birth to a two-headed baby in Paraiba State, but it died a few hours later because of lack of oxygen to one of the child's heads.


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Doctors in Brazil are unsure whether they can operate on a baby born with two heads, although the newborn boy is in stable condition.

The rare condition occurs when one of the two conjoined twins fails to fully develop in the womb.

The "twins", named Jesus and Emanuel, have two brains, two backbones and a single heart.

The 4.5kg baby was born by Caesarean at daybreak on Monday in a small hospital in the northern state of Para. He was rushed by plane to a better equipped hospital in the state capital Belem.

Doctor Neila Dahas, who is treating the newborn, said separating the heads would be impossible because he only has one set of organs.

"What we know statistically is that the children who undergo surgery and survive are the children who have less organs in common," she said.

She added that it is still difficult to choose which head to remove because both brains are functioning well.

The doctors said the mother breastfed both heads a few times and that the baby's appetite is normal.

Jesus and Emanuel share a single heart, (photo below).


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This is a clip of the Egyptian parasitic twin. See how the full bodied twin smiled until her twin was removed.

The head had to be removed after a series of strokes and heart attacks. She died about two years after the separation and never smiled again while the cameras were there.

Wow! I never realized they were supposed to be triplets! When I saw the show, I couldn't figure out where the little girl fit in. Now I know.

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[Spiffyfable]

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[Rusty666]

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Originally Posted by Spiffyfable ↗

One Cock

If they were older, I'd try to fix them up with the Hensel twins.

It's not appropriate at this point in either of their lives. It's also very rare for males to be conjoined.

I'm hoping they survive, but, you know me, I like happy endings!

[collaredgirl65]

It's kind of sad. I mean, what kind of life can they expect to have.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by collaredgirl65 ↗

It's kind of sad. I mean, what kind of life can they expect to have.

It depends on how they are raised. Have you been watching, "Abby & Brittany"?

They're having a great time with their life! Each case is different though. I should try to find an update.

The boys were born in late 2011.

Here is what I found:


Baby With 2 Heads Latest: Health Condition Deteriorates

January 8, 2012|6:34 pm

The health of the conjoined twin babies born in Para state, northern Brazil, named Emanoel and Jesus, has become serious, according to the latest medical reports.

The twins were admitted to the hospital two weeks ago in serious condition, and it has been reported that their breathing pattern has gotten worse.

According to Brazilian publication G1, the babies are breathing with the help of a machine and using vasoactive drugs to improve the performance of their heart.

The mom of the twins, Maria de Nazare gave birth to them on Dec, 19, after severe abdominal pains. She was not aware that she had conjoined twins until minutes before they were born.

The obstetrician, Jose Brasil, did not carry out ultra-sound scans to identify the conjoined twins in advance. Municipal Secretary of Health of Anajás, alleged that the city had no equipment to conduct the ultrasound.

Although there was a great risk to the mother and babies, doctors managed to save all through a successful caesarean.

The babies are sharing most of the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs and pelvis. Doctors decided not to remove one of the heads considering both brains appeared to be fully functioning.

“We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we’ve got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop,” Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital said, according to The Daily Mail.

The babies’ parents, Manoel do Socorro and Maria de Nazare, have been married for eight years and have three other sons. Nazare is a housewife while Socorro works with palm heart extraction.

Babies are currently undergoing magnetic resonance angiography testing – a non-invasive test used to visualize veins and arteries in the body.

It is not certain when the twins will be able to be released from the hospital.

*I went way back as far as I could and found several of these twins, but, no other updates. They are either still in the hospital or passed with no news coverage, although I doubt it wouldn't make the news.*

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[Sharon]

What a heartbreaking story I saw a documentary about an Epyptian baby born with two heads but the other child was being called a 'parasite', cruel twats. The poor little soul blinked, laughed, smiled, suckled but had to be detached as the other baby's heart was under strain. When that little head lay there dead on the surgery table, I cried. Poor little girl and what trauma for the parents How would they explain the healthy child's huge shoulder scar I wonder?

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Spiffyfable ↗

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...and a lifetime of threesomes

[TwistedPrincess]

"The caesarean took an hour because the baby was sitting down."

i wonder how long it would take if the baby had been standing up?


and as i quote above "the baby"

"Brazilian baby 'born healthy with two heads... "

"two-headed baby"

"Mother only found about her baby's abnormalities"

"second registered case of a two-headed baby being born in Brazil"

"A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads"

"The baby has two heads but all his organs are functioning"

"Following the birth of her baby"

"revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines"

"they realised that the baby had two heads"

"great risk both for mother and baby."

"the child was in really good health."

Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa Hospital, where the babies are being cared for" "at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop."'

omg! someone realizes that this is not a baby nor does he have two heads. it is two babies sharing one body.

"The two-headed boy is, in reality, conjoined twins who share"

"Because they share" yes, they!

"distraught that her son"

uh oh, what happened to the other one? oh i forgot, its one baby with two heads. lucky mom doesn't live in the US because if she tried to claim this baby as two dependents, its likely the IRS has no more brains than the reporter who wrote this article.

"the baby stayed with her in her room"

"to take her baby straight home"

"second time a two-headed baby has been"

Emanoel and Jesus? surely they meant Emanoel Jesus. after all you can't really give a baby two first names. right billie joe? that's right betty sue.

well, at least those two names better be on one birth certicate or that hospital is going to be in trouble for fraud giving a baby two separate birth certicates.

seriously, it just irks me that a reporter can be so damned ignorant when they are reporting the news. not only that, they even mentioned the fact that they were twins sharing one body. twins = 2 babies. and then the reporter went right back to referring to them as just one baby.

well, one thing i do know is that if these babies live long enough to reach adulthood, they will have twice as much brains as the reporter has.

[TwistedPrincess]

let me correct myself before somebody else does...actually they already do have twice as much brains as that reporter.