LONDON, Aug. 29 (CWNews.com)

    A pregnant woman with kidney failure was kept alive by her unborn baby who kidneys worked for both of them, a London newspaper reported on Friday.

    Carol Davies, 42, has suffered kidney failure since 1978 and became pregnant last year. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, her baby's kidneys began cleaning both his blood and his mother's, suspending her need for dialysis.

    "I was terrified that the toxins in my body would be too much for him and I would lose him as I did my first child four years ago," she was quoted as saying. "But the doctors monitored my dialysis and, despite being premature, Owen is perfect. We are so lucky."

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