February 10th, 2006 @ 9:42 am
happy story for little woman
37-pound woman delivers healthy boy - Women’s Health - MSNBC.com
Eloysa Vasquez, 38, suffers from Type 3 osteogenesis imperfecta, a disorder that makes bones soft and easily broken. Her tiny, distorted body left little room for a fetus to grow and Vasquez suffered two miscarriages before doctors at Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital delivered her son, Timothy, by Cesarean section on Jan. 24.
awww
According to Stanford, only one in 25,000 to 50,000 births are to a mother with osteogenesis imperfecta, and even fewer involve moms with the severe form with which Vasquez was born. Smith estimates Timothy’s birth was a one-in-a-million event.
Judging from her son’s long fingers and toes, “I think he’s going to be a tall boy,” Vasquez said.
