Mom Delivers Baby, But 6 Weeks Later Doctors Find His Deadly Unborn 'Twin' Hidden Inside

mom delivers baby but six weeks later doctors find his deadly unborn twin hiding inside Leanne Crawley a 38 year old mother from England delivered pregnant with her first son Louis in December 2016. this was her fourth child and first son leading up the delivery all of Louie's prenatal scans looked normal but she and her partner Andrew were heartbroken when Louis was born gray and lifeless the tiny baby had lost 80 percent of his blood and his organs were in the midst of shutting down after weeks in the hospital he was finally discharged but in the weeks that followed it was Leanne who began experiencing blood loss doctors began to operate on her to remove what they thought was part of Louie's leftover placenta instead doctors made a shocking discovery Leanne Crawley is a 38 year old full-time mom from Kent a county in Southeastern England her journey through motherhood began with Olivia 12 and then Charlotte nine and then came the rest of her brood months after Leanne and her partner Andrew welcomed their daughter Francesca she got pregnant again this time with her son Louie leading up the delivery in December 2016 all of Louis scans looked normal she and Andrew couldn't wait for the birth of their firstborn son but when Louis was born doctors saw he was gray and lifeless Tess showed he'd lost about 80 percent of his blood Louis spent weeks in hospital he was hooked up to life support and placed in both a cooling machine and an incubator his organs were beginning to shut down but for such a fragile and tiny newborn he proved to be quite the fighter Louis and Leanne were discharged from the hospital but within days it was Leanne who was bleeding heavily doctors began to remove what they thought was part of Louie's placenta that had been left inside Leanne six weeks after Louis was born Leanne was rushed back to the hospital where doctors made a shocking discovery baby Louis had been hiding a second pregnancy in Leanne's womb doctors never noticed the second pregnancy all you could see on the scan was Louis and it looked normal Leanne told swns it turned out Louis had been hiding it all along protecting me the twin was an unviable molar pregnancy which doctors fully removed however the abnormal growth cells left in extremely rare cancer known as choreocarcinoma in its wake the cancer was spreading fast and it already reached Leanne's lungs she spent weeks in the hospital where she underwent five months of intense chemotherapy and 20 blood transfusions she nearly died on three separate occasions as odd as it sounds Louie's twin very nearly killed both of us Leanne said I was basically pregnant with my tumor the twin caused the cancer and the cancer nearly killed us both after the molar pregnancy was removed doctors asked Leanne if she wanted to have a funeral for the twin Louis grew into a happy baby despite his hearing loss and Mild brain damage with the support of loved ones Leanne began to slowly recover I wouldn't wish the experience on anyone but obviously I would take it all again if it was a choice between me and Louis Leanne is now cancer free and she and her infant son are going viral with their Survival Story