Baby beats odds after surviving in mother’s liver

LITTLE Nhlahla couldn’t have a more appropriate name. Meaning ‘luck’, Nhlahla was born this week after developing in her mother’s liver instead of in the womb.

While there have been 14 documented cases of children developing in this manner, Nhlahla is only the fourth baby to survive such a pregnancy.

She was born last Tuesday in South Africa following a difficult delivery operation. Doctors only discovered last week that Nhlahla was not located in her mother's womb.