PDA

View Full Version : Brazilian baby 'born healthy with two heads...



Ponce
21st December 2011, 04:23 PM
If both heads are in good health and normal then.......let it be.......could someone post the picture...thanks.
==================================================


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

By Matt Roper

Last updated at 4:24 PM on 21st December 2011

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.

More...My upside-down baby: Mother spends ten weeks, 24 hours a day, in a tilted bed to avoid miscarriage
Toddler beaten to death by violent stepfather a month after police and social services hand him BACK to abusive parents

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.'
Santa Casa hospital is in Anajas, where the recently born baby is being cared for
Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital 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.'
Disbelief: The director of the hospital tells the assembled media of the birth of a two-headed baby
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.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076954/Brazilian-baby-born-heads-Dicephalic-parapagus-twins-Emanoel-Jesus.html#ixzz1h9h2qLAIand 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

By Matt Roper

Last updated at 4:24 PM on 21st December 2011

Comments (193) Share
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.

More...My upside-down baby: Mother spends ten weeks, 24 hours a day, in a tilted bed to avoid miscarriage
Toddler beaten to death by violent stepfather a month after police and social services hand him BACK to abusive parents

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.'
Santa Casa hospital is in Anajas, where the recently born baby is being cared for
Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital 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.'
Disbelief: The director of the hospital tells the assembled media of the birth of a two-headed baby
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.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076954/Brazilian-baby-born-heads-Dicephalic-parapagus-twins-Emanoel-Jesus.html#ixzz1h9h2qLAI

ximmy
21st December 2011, 04:25 PM
eek...
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/21/article-2076954-0F3E639800000578-49_468x620.jpg

ximmy
21st December 2011, 04:27 PM
eek...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMzK6iz6uVs

Ponce
21st December 2011, 04:51 PM
Holy macro......what do they do when they have a fight?, what if they are driving and one wants to go to the right and the other one to the left?........at school do they both try to remember the same page? or do one side remember this page and the other side the other page?...........and I won't even think about what will happen when she, or them, have a boyfriend or boys friends or whatever.

ximmy
21st December 2011, 04:54 PM
Holy macro......what do they do when they have a fight?, what if they are driving and one wants to go to the right and the other one to the left?........at school do they both try to remember the same page? or do one side remember this page and the other side the other page?...........and I won't even think about what will happen when she, or them, have a boyfriend or boys friends or whatever.

They might get along well with solid and joe king...

EE_
21st December 2011, 06:28 PM
They always get to use the car pool lane

sirgonzo420
21st December 2011, 06:40 PM
6 posts and no one beat me to it?


"two heads are better than one"

Dogman
21st December 2011, 06:45 PM
6 posts and no one beat me to it?


"two heads are better than one"

Except when they get into an argument!

joboo
21st December 2011, 08:57 PM
I'd like to know who controls what on the body, and can they both eat?

Joe King
21st December 2011, 09:14 PM
I'd like to know who controls what on the body, and can they both eat?
Is this the first time you've seen them? I remember them being all over the news after they were born, but for the most part they've maintained their privacy since. Life magazine did a big story on them and the learning channel did one when they turned 16. You may may able to find those online, but here's the Wiki on them for most of the answers you seek.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel

Santa
21st December 2011, 09:45 PM
One baby with two heads? Why not just lop off one of the heads? Ack!
Poor kid might grow up with the nagging question, "did they remove the wrong one?"

Or is it two babies with one body? In that case, which kid is the owner of the body? Lol...

joboo
21st December 2011, 09:51 PM
Is this the first time you've seen them? I remember them being all over the news after they were born, but for the most part they've maintained their privacy since. Life magazine did a big story on them and the learning channel did one when they turned 16. You may may able to find those online, but here's the Wiki on them for most of the answers you seek.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel

The teenage girls somewhere around 5 years ago. I imagine it changes on the circumstance. Usually one is parasitic.

BrewTech
21st December 2011, 10:01 PM
Or is it two babies with one body? In that case, which kid is the owner of the body? Lol...

Neither one - the State owns the body. They are just co-tenants.

;)

Joe King
21st December 2011, 10:02 PM
The teenage girls somewhere around 5 years ago. I imagine it changes on the circumstance. Usually one is parasitic.Yea, they can be parasitic, but usually those kind are removed, aren't they?