In 2012, Tammy Gonzalez from Miami went in for a routine ultrasound. What she saw on the screen changed everything about her pregnancy.
The image looked innocent at first—her unborn baby seemed to blow a bubble. But as she looked closer, worry started to replace wonder.
Tammy turned to the technician and asked a simple question. “Is that on me or the baby?” she inquired, visibly concerned.
What followed was an unexpected and devastating diagnosis.
Doctors identified the “bubble” as a rare tumor—a teratoma.
Teratomas are unusual growths that can develop in unborn babies. They occur in roughly 1 in every 100,000 live births.
