Babies have four legs

Weighs 3.6 kg, the upper part of the body is like any other child, but the child of a pregnant woman in District 4, HCMC, has 2 buttocks and 4 legs.

The two main legs are full of feet and fingers, the remaining legs are smaller, the feet are atrophy. Between the two limbs, there is a male genital region that is unclear and not testicular. The female genitalia is located between two main limbs but obscured by the appendage. According to the doctor, the baby is a girl. The initial judgment of the doctors, this may be the conjoined twins but a baby did not develop into a complete shape.

Baby born with 4 legs.Photo: Thien Chuong

The 32-year-old mother said she did not go to the hospital for an examination or ultrasound during her pregnancy, so she did not know beforehand whether her child was deformed for early intervention.

" On September 14, when I felt pain, I went to Tu Du Hospital, but when I was hospitalized, there were signs of birth, so I was immediately transferred to the delivery room without the ultrasound examination. Therefore, when the doctors gave me baby, I know my child is deformed, "the mother said.

The woman also said that her husband was born in 1966 as a loading and unloading worker. The two of them had a total of eight children and seven previous children completely normal.

After giving birth, she was transferred to the Neonatal Department of Children's Hospital 1, to be followed up and waited for extra limb surgery. According to doctors, her health condition is quite good. Her mother also said that she was very healthy, went to normal urine.

According to Dr. Dao Trung Hieu, Deputy Director of Children's Hospital 1, doctors have carried out diagnosis, testing and surgery to split limbs, but still have not specified a specific date.