Florida woman didn’t know she was pregnant, delivers baby


HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL (WFTS) — A Florida woman was in for an unexpected surprise after her new weight loss surgery.

For close to a decade, Daria Yackwack, a former Tampa resident who now lives in Fort Walton Beach, had to live with polycycstic ovary syndrome.

Woman didn’t know she was pregnant, gives birth to baby girl. (Photo: Daria Yackwack)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines it as a hormonal imbalance that affects 1 in 10 women. For Yackwack, it meant weight gain and lots of changes for what her future would look like.

“Back when I first got diagnosed, (doctors) were like ‘it’s going to be really hard to get pregnant,'” said Yackwack.

Last year, she made a decision for herself to have gastric sleeve surgery. It was a surgery that would remove more than half of her stomach.

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