Woman Pregnant For 60 Years Finally Has Baby

woman pregnant for 60 years finally has baby [Music] [Applause] estella couldn't believe it it had to be a joke this couldn't be the case could it as the doctors informed her of the news she felt tears streamed down her face even the doctor had never seen anything like it estella was 91 years old and couldn't believe the news she had just heard she thought she might have been dreaming were it not for how real the tears felt she knew her life wouldn't be the same estella melendez lived with her husband manuel gonzalez for many years they didn't care for the luxuries in life they were happy to live together in a small bungalow in chile the two were inseparable they had gotten married over 74 years prior and were in love with each other as much as the first i do but something would strain their relationship and turn their world upside down sadly come 2015 manuel passed away peacefully in his sleep estella couldn't believe it she was only a year younger than him how would she take care of herself without him she was heartbroken and struggled to even find the energy to cook just for herself she thought that things couldn't get any worse but they could she spent 74 years with her partner and had him by her side every day she sobbed nearly every day when she woke up in an empty bed she wanted to try and have a positive outlook but she felt that it was much too hard she kept remembering his face and how many good memories they had together yet she still felt one regret that she would never tell a soul early in their relationship they discovered that estella couldn't get pregnant as much as they wanted to it just wasn't in the cards for them she couldn't believe the news when she heard this she just wanted to have a beautiful family with the man she loved but no one knew why she couldn't conceive but when she figured it out she would feel a knot form in her stomach estella felt for so long that she had failed as a wife when she discovered that she couldn't conceive all of her sisters had already gotten pregnant and had children even though she was happy for all of them she just wished she could have something of her own but after years she would discover that she had a tumor in her body it was benign not dangerous but it still felt bad but she had no idea how it would turn out estella felt the effects of her husband's death in more ways than just loneliness the bills were piling up and she knew she would soon have health concerns she had gained a lot of weight that she couldn't explain it was as if she was eating fast food every day but she had no idea that things would take an even stranger turn you see estella had been trying to lose weight for a while now she had tried every diet you could think of cabbage soup vegan atkins etc she knew it was harder at her age but that didn't stop her however the weight wasn't going anywhere in fact it seemed like she was putting more weight on she went to the doctors a mere few miles away determined to find out the truth but estella had no idea what was coming she arrived at the doctors and waited to be called in hospital and doctor rooms had been her life for the past 10 years she was not a stranger to the sterile walls and the gross smell of the doctor's room she waited to be called but for some strange reason she had a terrible feeling hit her stomach she knew something was off and she was so right the doctor wanted to make sure everything was okay so he did an x-ray on estella they also wanted to check on the tumor she had in case there was something wrong however the results from the x-ray would turn estella's world upside down nobody expected this to happen after carefully analyzing the results doctors came to the conclusion that estella had never had a tumor in the first place what was the matter with her then the doctor's mouth dropped open and his eyes widened every glance he gave the x-ray what estella had inside her was something much more alarming than a tumor the doctor had never seen anything like this before this had to be a joke right this couldn't be true how could this be possible hundreds and hundreds of questions ran through estella's mind as the doctor revealed the truth she felt sick to her stomach she just wanted this to be a nightmare one she would wake up from in a few seconds but this was her reality she takes a look at her stomach and a shiver creeps up her spine it turned out this 91 year old was actually pregnant estella was overwhelmed with emotion the moment the doctor told her how did this happen what exactly was going on the doctor revealed that the baby was actually the remains of a fetus but estella was left even more lost for words when doctors informed her how long she had been carrying the baby for the doctors further analyzed the fetus and were able to conclude that estella had been pregnant with it for around 60 years estella was heartbroken to hear this news after all all her life she had wanted a child of her own to raise and nurture however unbeknownst to her an unborn child was in fact inside her for more than half a century but the doctors had a lot more to say doctors informed estella that her condition called lithopedian only affects a small percentage of women worldwide doctors call the fetuses lithopedians or stone babies and are the result of a fetus that starts to develop outside a pregnant woman's womb but how would everybody else in estella's small town respond to her strange medical condition everybody was equally as surprised when they heard about estella's condition some felt uncomfortable others comforted estella in her time of need however it would turn out that there would be an even bigger surprise right around the corner one that would come from her long departed husband estella's mind spun as the world reacted to her condition first it was social media then the news outlets from the washington post to bbc everyone wanted to talk with her but that wasn't the worst part some people from journalists to the general public actually came to see her in person without asking first some were understanding when she politely told them she didn't want to talk anymore others became prickly and offended that they had wasted all of their money to come and see her they didn't just understand what they were really doing to her each visit was like reopening an already fresh wound her heart was filled with so much longing that she found herself rummaging around in the attic where she had stored her late husband's belongings some of them she hadn't even opened since the day he passed which would turn out to hold an enormous revelation estella pulled items one by one trying to ignore the aching in her joints and focusing on the memories that came with them one was a seashell her husband had picked up from the beach and strung into a necklace afterwards they had watched one of the most beautiful sunsets she had ever seen in her life but next was an odd stack of papers the pile was a mismatch of old receipts documents and some holiday cards so much had been swept into boxes without looking but as she rifled through the musty smelling papers an envelope caught her eye it had her name on it and it was her husband's handwriting this wasn't any letter she could remember but it started out the same to the love of my life each letter curled into words and each word made her heart swell they were words of adoration and promises of forever it must have been during a time he was away and they were missing each other desperately but it was near the end that punched her in the chest it was like fate was reaching out to her directly i know it's been hard i know how much you want kids but even if we don't have them please remember it doesn't make you any less of a person i see how you are with the people around you and it's beautiful you're filled with so much life and love for them i had you and that's enough for me estella grabbed her frantically beating heart and sobbed even in the afterlife he was taking care of her their love was truly eternal after the so-called pregnancy she had felt like a failure all over again but this letter suddenly wiped that all away she was sure of one thing she had already made it through so many years and there was no knowing how many more were ahead of her whatever her final days would be she would use them to keep spreading that light and love her husband adored so much