3-foot woman delivers healthy baby

A woman who is 3 feet tall and weighed 37 pounds before she got pregnant has given birth to her first child -- a healthy boy.

Eloysa Vasquez, who uses a wheelchair and had two miscarriages, suffers from Type 3 osteogenesis imperfecta, a disorder that makes bones soft and brittle. Vasquez gained 20 pounds during pregnancy and delivered the 3 pound, 7 ounce baby on Jan. 24 at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

"We just took one day at a time. We had a lot of people praying for us. We just believed ... and here we have our son," Vasquez, 38, of Tulare, told The Fresno Bee for a story Thursday. Doctors said they delivered Baby Timothy by Cesarean section eight weeks before due date in order to protect the mother's fragile health -- her tiny, distorted body left little room for a fetus to grow.

They said Timothy did not inherit his mother's genetic condition. Her husband, Roy, said his wife's small stature can be deceiving: "She's a strong lady." According to the university, one in only 25,000 to 50,000 births are to a mother with osteogenesis imperfecta, and even fewer involve moms with the severe Type 3 form.

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