Alysha MacDougall gave birth without knowing she was pregnant. The 33-year-old mother said her pregnancy tests had been negative; on January 26, 2026, she experienced severe abdominal pain and had her baby while being transported by ambulance.
Doctors estimated that she was between 22 and 23 weeks pregnant. Julian arrived at Tufts Medical Center in Boston seriously ill and spent 154 days in neonatal intensive care.
On June 29, his parents took him home with oxygen support. According to Dr. Jaclyn Boulais, he had gone from weighing less than a pound at birth to nearly ten pounds when he was discharged.
