text: An 18-week-old baby from Ireland has given new meaning to the phrase “born a fighter.” Megan Hui of County Kildare, Ireland, was originally deemed dead by doctors at Rotunda hospital in Dublin after five scans concluded 31-year-old mom Michelle Hui had lost her baby. The mother hadn't known she was actually pregnant with twins. However, she was instructed to take two abortion pills to clear her uterus after the miscarriage of what she (and doctors) thought was one child. A pregnancy test later, doctors found Megan. 
   
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   To everyone’s surprise, Megan — born on February 25 — weighed just under 6 pounds and became a little sister to Mya, 4, and Noah, 2, after miraculously surviving the twin miscarriage and the abortion. “I couldn’t believe it,” Hui told the Mirror. “Neither could the doctors. But as happy as I was, I was angry they had missed her on the scans.” 
   
   Hui was asked to take a pregnancy test, which would reveal whether any harmful clots remained in the womb after taking the abortion pill. It was only after the pregnancy test came back positive that the mother of two was sent to the hospital for a D&C (dilation and curettage) — a surgical procedure to remove the contents of the uterus. Upon beginning the surgical procedure to remove the dangerous blood clots, doctors found Megan’s heartbeat on a scan — 10 days after her miscarriage. 
   
   “You are not going to believe it, we’ve got a heartbeat,” Hui recalled. “It was the best feeling ever.” “They said that with all the blood and clots it must have created shadows so they couldn’t see her. Although the mother of now three was thrilled to have her newborn survive, she was concerned about the doctors’ oversight — the possible effect her medical abortion could have had on her newborn. 
   
   She was given two abortion pills to prompt her womb to expel the dead fetus to prevent any infection. Patients will take mifepristone — the abortion pill — and then receive misoprostol to take home the next day, according to Planned Parenthood of Illinois. A complete abortion will occur within four to 24 hours of using misoprostol in the privacy of their home for most patients. 
   
   Typically, medical abortion done this way has a success rate of more than 97 percent. Some of the abortion drugs prescribed to Hui do carry an increased risk of birth defects to any surviving baby. The most common severe birth defects include heart defects, neural tube defects, and Down syndrome. 
   
   Despite the medical procedures, Megan is thriving at 18 weeks. “Now Megan is fine, she’s healthy and she is just a big healthy pudding of a baby,” Hui said, the Daily Mail reported. The doctors said it was a blessing. They have never heard of anything like it. Someone had been looking over us.” 
   
   Megan’s story is so extraordinary that it has been written up in medical journals. Medical professionals, like Katherine Hales, a spokesman from the Association of Radical Midwives, which campaigns for improved maternity care in the NHS, acknowledges this is an “extraordinary case.” “But I have never heard of this happening. I can’t think of a medical reason for it to happen – it is just luck,” Hales said. ||||| Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email 
   
   Expectant mum Michelle Hui was devastated when she had a miscarriage six weeks into her pregnancy. 
   
   Five scans confirmed her loss, then she had the trauma of taking an abortion pill to make sure nothing was left behind to cause infection. 
   
   But days later Michelle, 31, was being prepared for a final treatment to clear her uterus when incredibly a ­preparatory scan revealed a tiny heartbeat. 
   
   Amazed doctors discovered that she had been pregnant with twins – and one had miraculously survived both the miscarriage and the abortion. 
   
   Already a mum of two, Michelle went on to give birth to a beautiful baby girl, Megan, now 18 weeks old. 
   
   She and her salesman husband Ross, 33, could not be more proud. 
   
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   “The miscarriage and abortion were absolutely horrific,” she said. 
   
   “The 10 days between the miscarriage and going back to the hospital were just a blur. 
   
   “To find out I had to go in for another procedure, I was devastated. 
   
   “But then I saw this little heartbeat, but I thought it couldn’t be right. After all we had been through, I didn’t want to get my hopes up. 
   
   “The doctor went out and came back in with a more senior doctor and he did the scan again and he said, ‘you are not going to believe it, we’ve got a heartbeat’. It was the best feeling ever. 
   
   “Now Megan is fine, she’s healthy and she is just a big healthy pudding of a baby. The doctors said it was a blessing. They have never heard of anything like it. Someone had been looking over us.” 
   
   Michelle, who works for a bank, was six weeks and two days into her ­pregnancy when she suffered the miscarriage while walking to the train station last July. 
   
   “Everything was fine initially,” she said. “I had booked in my scan and had an appointment the next day. 
   
   “I was on my way to work and I just started gushing blood. I rang my husband and told him I was losing the baby. He couldn’t come and get me because he had the other two kids so I had to walk home.” 
   
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   She then went to the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin where she claims two different doctors carried out a total of five scans before concluding she had lost her baby. 
   
   She was given two abortion pills and after an overnight stay at the hospital was allowed home. 
   
   She said: “After I lost the baby I went out with friends and had a bottle and a half of wine. I was devastated – and drank myself silly. I never ever drink that much. I’m not a drinker.” 
   
   While doctors said there was no chance she was still pregnant, she was told to take a pregnancy test which would reveal whether any harmful clots had remained. 
   
   The test was positive, so she went back to hospital for a D&C (dilation and ­curettage) – a surgical procedure to remove the contents of the uterus. But it was at that point the doctors spotted a heartbeat on a scan. “I couldn’t believe it,” said Michelle. “Neither could the doctors. But as happy as I was, I was angry they had missed her on the scans. 
   
   “They said that with all the blood and clots it must have created shadows so they couldn’t see her. 
   
   “They said I was blessed. 
   
   “I’ve been written about in medical journals, and the doctor said that in all his 25 years he has never come across or heard of anything like this.” 
   
   Megan was born on February 25, weighing just under six pounds, a little sister to Mya, four, and Noah, two. 
   
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   “She’s our little miracle,” added Michelle, of County Kildare, Ireland. “We were always a strong family, but it has just made us stronger. I wouldn’t have been able to get through it all if it had not been for my husband and my two children. 
   
   “It was an incredibly difficult time, but now we have a precious and healthy little girl.” 
   
   The Association of Radical Midwives said it had never heard of such a case. 
   
   Spokeswoman Katherine Hales, a midwife of 20 years, said: “It certainly is an amazing story. 
   
   “I have very, very occasionally heard of rare cases of a miscarriage of one baby, and then seeing another on 
   
   the scan. 
   
   “But I have never heard of this happening after (abortion pill) ­mifepristone. I can’t think of a medical reason for it to happen – it is just luck. The twins should be the same size. You would presume that the second one was the same size and they would see it on the scan. 
   
   “I suppose because they couldn’t detect the second – perhaps there was a disparity in the gestation between the two – but hormonally that really should not happen, and even if it does you are talking hours difference, not days. 
   
   “It really is an extraordinary case and I would be interested to see if in fact there is even another case out there 
   
   like this.” 
   
   A spokeswoman for Rotunda Hospital declined to comment.
target: – Megan Hui is a healthy 18-week-old girl, much to the astonishment of everyone involved. As the Daily Mirror reports, mom Michelle suffered a miscarriage six weeks into her pregnancy in Ireland's County Kildare. Doctors, however, did not know at the time that she was pregnant with twins. They gave her two abortion pills to clear out her uterus and ward off infection, and she returned to the hospital 10 days after the miscarriage to have a surgical procedure to complete the procedure. As it began, Hui recalls hearing this: “You are not going to believe it, we’ve got a heartbeat." Twin Megan had finally made herself known. Medical Daily notes that abortions conducted in this way have a success rate of about 97%, which is why Megan's case has been written up in medical journals. "I have never heard of this happening," says one professional in the field. "I can't think of a medical reason for it to happen—it's just luck." (Click to read about a US toddler whose first steps on a walker have gone viral.)