Baby in a rush in Chon Buri, born with 12 fingers and 12 toes
PHOTOS: sanook.com
A mother has given birth to a healthy baby girl on the side of the road in Chon Buri. It does happen, sometimes the baby can’t wait until mum arrives at hospital. But this special bundle of joy has 12 fingers and 12 toes. But this was no surprise to the mother and grandmother who also have six fingers on each hand.
The mother Sunisa, gave birth in a pickup on the side of the road while on her way to hospital yesterday. The baby couldn’t wait.
The emergency team at the Ban Bueng Hospital received notice about the impatient baby and headed out to where the pickup was parked, on road 344 Ban Bueng in front of the Princess Chulabhorn Science School.
The hospital emergency medical team the local rescue volunteers found 23 year old Sunisa well into her labour. The team helped the mother and the baby was born naturally 20 minutes later. Medical officials say she screamed a “hello” to the team and to her mother as she popped out.
They realised that she had 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot. The team and the people watching the event happening became very excited (mainly because many Thai’s are fascinated by these events and use them to pick lottery numbers).
This is the mother’s 3rd child, although the additional fingers and toes were no surprise for the family because Sunisa and her mother also have 6 fingers on each hand.
The people who witnessed Sunisa giving birth are planning to buy the number 24 (6+6+6+6) and the license plate number (2289) in hopes of winning the next Thai lottery (on August 16).
‘Polydactyly’, the condition of additional fingers or toes, happens approximately 1 in every 1,000 births.
SOURCE: Sanook.com
