A baby with two heads was seen crying in the hands of medical staff shortly after being born.

Born in Mexico, it is not known if the unidentified parents were aware beforehand that their baby would be born with this extremely rare congenital condition.

While it appears they share many of their major internal organs, they have their own heads and brains.

Health officials have declined to share further details about the rare case, confirming only that the mother is in stable condition.

Doctors in the city of Ciudad Juarez are now said to be discussing the best plan of care for the baby.

Conjoined twins, as they are known in the medical community, occur in about one in 100,000 pregnancies.

Medical literature states that conjoined twins develop when a single fertilized egg does not fully separate during the earliest stages of development.

The developing embryo then begins to divide into identical twins during the first few weeks but the process does not fully complete.

Experts say the partially separated embryo then continues to develop as conjoined twins.

Many conjoined twins face significant medical challenges because their shared organs may not fully support their body’s needs.

It is estimated that around 40 percent do not survive until delivery, while many others pass away within the first day after birth.

Their birth came just two days after the King of Saudi Arabia pledged support for two conjoined sisters from Egypt.

The young girls, named Menna and May, will receive treatment at the kingdom’s expense, according to reports from the Middle East.

The King has ordered that the conjoined sisters be transferred to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where specialists will carry out evaluations to determine whether a separation procedure may be possible.

Source: Daily Mail