New Delhi, April 20 -- In an extraordinary medical feat, a baby in the UK was effectively "born twice." Lucy Isaac, a teacher from Oxford, underwent a complex five-hour surgery at 20 weeks pregnant to remove ovarian cancer. During the procedure, surgeons temporarily removed her womb-still carrying her unborn son, Rafferty. Once the cancer was successfully treated, the womb was placed back, allowing the pregnancy to continue. Rafferty Isaac was eventually delivered full-term in late January, weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces, according to the Daily Mail.

Lucy and her son Rafferty recently returned to John Radcliffe Hospital, just weeks after the life-saving surgery, to personally thank surgeon Soleymani Majd. Describing the moment as both rare a...