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Baby born with brain outside skull miraculously survives

The parents of a child born with his brain outside his skull have shared their remarkable story.
baby born with brain outside skull

baby born with brain outside skull

Sierra and Dustin Yoder were given the news no expectant parent ever wants to hear.

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After doctors discovered their unborn baby’s brain was growing outside of his skull, they told the parents he was unlikely to survive. If he did, they said, he would have no cognitive function.

The couple from Sugarcreek, Ohio, were told to consider terminating the pregnancy, but they just couldn’t bring themselves to go through with it.

Brave mum Sierra said she and her husband were “excited to meet him, even if it was only for an hour.”

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But miraculously, their son Bentley survived.

Bentley wasn’t expected to survive

Sierra and Dustin Yoder were given the news no expectant parent ever wants to hear.

After doctors discovered their unborn baby’s brain was growing outside of his skull, they told the parents he was unlikely to survive. If he did, they said, he would have no cognitive function.

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The couple from Sugarcreek, Ohio, were told to consider terminating the pregnancy, but they just couldn’t bring themselves to go through with it.

Brave mum Sierra said she and her husband were “excited to meet him, even if it was only for an hour.”

But miraculously, their son Bentley survived.

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