A nun from Italy who doesn't had any idea that she was pregnant gave birth to a baby boy.
She was taken to hospital after having stomach cramps reported the media
She was The 31-year-old and her baby boy, who weighs 9 pounds, are doing well.
The other mothers in the Resiti hospital are collecting donations and cloths for the mother and baby.
“I did not know I was pregnant. I only felt a stomach pain,” the nun was quoted as saying at the hospital.
The Italian news agency ANSA reported. La Repubblica said she gave birth on Wednesday. ANSA said the nun had named her baby Francesco (Francis), also the pope’s chosen title and one of the most popular names in Italy, where St Francis of Assisi is the much-loved national patron saint.
The nun belongs to the “Little Disciples of Jesus” convent in Campomoro near Rieti, which manages an old people’s home and reports said she would keep the baby.
Other nuns at the convent also expressed shock at the mysterious pregnancy of a holy sister at their order, saying they were "very surprised", according to Italian media reports.
The study on reproductive health, published in the British Medical Journal has revealed one in 200 US women claim to have given birth without ever having had sexual intercourse.
The reports that of the women who took part in the study, 45 (0.5%) reported at least one virgin pregnancy.
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