<p>Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil's northern Para state, with her newborn weighing 9.9 pounds, Daily Mail reports.<br /><br />And in a tribute to the religious celebrations at Christmas, she has decided to call the pair <br />Emanoel and Jesus.<br /><br />Following the birth of her baby, mother Maria, 25, admitted that she had been told she was set to welcome twins, according to the newspaper Wednesday.<br /><br />But following tests, doctors revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines but shares one heart, lungs, liver and pelvis.<br /><br />The hospital's director, Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos, told Brazil's O Povo newspaper that the woman decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.<br /><br />The 25-year-old mother, who lives in a rural area of the state, had no ultra-sound scans during her pregnancy and only found out about the abnormality minutes before the baby was born at 1 a.m. Monday morning.<br /><br />Vasconcelos said: "Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital we managed to save both mother and baby, which was our aim. And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health."<br /><br />Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital said: "If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?<br /><br />"We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we've got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop."<br /><br />At no point did the mother, who has three other children, appear distraught that her son has two heads, the Mail said quoting Vasconcelos.<br /><br />"The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room the whole time. Her desire was to take her baby straight home."</p>.<p>Remarkably, this is the second time a two-headed baby has been born in Brazil this year. Sueli Ferreira, 27, gave birth to a two-headed baby in Paraiba State, but it died a few hours later because of lack of oxygen to one of the child's heads.</p>
<p>Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil's northern Para state, with her newborn weighing 9.9 pounds, Daily Mail reports.<br /><br />And in a tribute to the religious celebrations at Christmas, she has decided to call the pair <br />Emanoel and Jesus.<br /><br />Following the birth of her baby, mother Maria, 25, admitted that she had been told she was set to welcome twins, according to the newspaper Wednesday.<br /><br />But following tests, doctors revealed that the baby has two brains and two spines but shares one heart, lungs, liver and pelvis.<br /><br />The hospital's director, Claudionor Assis de Vasconcelos, told Brazil's O Povo newspaper that the woman decided to travel to the hospital because she was feeling strong abdominal pains.<br /><br />The 25-year-old mother, who lives in a rural area of the state, had no ultra-sound scans during her pregnancy and only found out about the abnormality minutes before the baby was born at 1 a.m. Monday morning.<br /><br />Vasconcelos said: "Despite all the problems we have as a small interior hospital we managed to save both mother and baby, which was our aim. And for us it was a great surprise to find out that the child was in really good health."<br /><br />Neila Dahas, director of the Santa Casa hospital said: "If both their brains are functioning, how are we going to choose which head to remove?<br /><br />"We are not considering the possibility of surgery. What we've got to think about at this moment is to maintain the children in good condition and see how they will develop."<br /><br />At no point did the mother, who has three other children, appear distraught that her son has two heads, the Mail said quoting Vasconcelos.<br /><br />"The mother fed both mouths and the baby stayed with her in her room the whole time. Her desire was to take her baby straight home."</p>.<p>Remarkably, this is the second time a two-headed baby has been born in Brazil this year. Sueli Ferreira, 27, gave birth to a two-headed baby in Paraiba State, but it died a few hours later because of lack of oxygen to one of the child's heads.</p>
