Doctors have used ground-breaking surgery on an unborn baby to successfully correct a birth defect while he was still inside the womb. Baby Theo, who is now five months old and thriving, had gastroschisis, where the belly button does not develop properly, causing the intestines to grow externally. Meet Theo: Baby who underwent pioneering surgery for birth defect while in wombMaisie, 29, and Theo's father, Josh French, 36, both teachers, say they are incredibly relieved by the success of the pioneering surgery. "The mother, the baby, the surgery, the time of the surgery, the fact that we had zero complications during the foetal surgery and after the foetal surgery, just remarkable." Maisie, Josh and Theo are now back to normality at home [BBC]Back home in London, Maisie said Theo is doing amazingly.