However, when the doctors operating on her cut open her abdomen, they discovered a 9-pound baby in her uterus. They performed a c-section the same day, and Rebecca and her partner welcomed baby James soon after.

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, Rebecca stated that she did not know she was pregnant.

“I was facing not being able to have any more children because they thought there were problems with my ovaries and all of a sudden we had a son,” she said.

Doctors have suggested that the stomach pain she was feeling was James’ awkward positioning, and an investigation is currently underway to find out how Rebecca’s pregnancy was missed.

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