Akthari Ansari Gives Birth To Miracle Baby

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Thursday, May 19, 2011, 17:55

Akthari Ansari gave birth to a health girl child after facing several challenges and being the first women I India to have been operated for a tumour in advanced pregnancy. Pregnancy complications started showing on the fifth month of her pregnancy.

Akthari Ansari complained of severe abdominal pain in the fifth moth of pregnancy and went for a check up in the Sion Hospital. The doctors then noticed that she had developed a tumour during her pregnancy which was of the size of a 28 week foetus. The ovarian tumour was on the left side of the ovary and was pushing the foetus to the right, causing pressure and pain. Such ovarian tumour during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, early labour and still birth.

Dr. Niranjan Chavan, a gynecologist, who operated the ovarian tumour (as reported in Hindustan Times) said, "It is rare to see such a big tumour in a pregnant woman. We feel her child is a miracle baby."

The tumour during pregnancy in the beginning maybe non cancerous but if not detected on time can become malignant. Akthari Ansari's ovarian tumour was removed with laparoscopic technique called, Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomy. Removing the ovarian tumour during pregnancy is a challenging task and has several risks to life of the baby and the child. The five months pregnant Akthari Ansari knew all of it but decided to go for the operating the tumour to save the life of her child and finally after the operation under several precautions and medications she gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl.

The man who lived the trauma with Akthari Ansari was Dr.Chavan. When Akthari Ansari gave birth to the baby after going through the ovarian tumour during pregnancy and the operation, Dr.Chavan was the second most happiest man.

"She came to the hospital in August complaining of stomachache. Her abdomen looked quite big for her fourth-month pregnancy. The MRI examination revealed an ovarian tumour. Performing laparoscopic surgery is safe between 13 and 26 weeks of the pregnancy. If proper care and precautions are taken, the risks are reduced. This is the first such case at our hospital where we removed an ovarian tumour from a pregnant woman," said Dr Sandhya Kamath, dean, Sion Hospital.