In what doctors in Los Angeles are calling a "medical miracle," a mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly after discovering she was pregnant while preparing to have a 22-pound ovarian tumor removed.

Cedars-Sinai Hospital described the stunning series of events in a news release on Wednesday.

Suze Lopez discovered she was pregnant earlier this year after taking a required routine pregnancy test before her scheduled surgery to remove a 22-pound ovarian cyst , according to the hospital. Lopez, who is a nurse in Bakersfield, California, had dealt with the growing cyst for years.

"I was used to very irregular periods and some abdominal discomfort. I could not believe that after 17 years of praying, and trying, for a second child, that I was actually pregnant," said Lopez in a statement i

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