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Proud mama, healthy baby, incredible story. 

Having a baby is one of the most impressive, difficult and all-around bad-ass things a human being can accomplish -- seriously, you made a person -- so what could make giving the gift of life even more amazing? Try doing it while technically dead.

That's exactly what happened to Texas teacher Erica Nigrelli, who collapsed in a friend's classroom while 36 weeks pregnant. After Erica fell to the floor, her quick-thinking coworkers administered CPR and defibrillator panels to her chest, but to no avail -- her heart had stopped.

Doctors at a nearby hospital were able to deliver her baby via post-mortem C-section, but then something even more extraordinary happened: Erica came back to life. The new mom was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an often-fatal condition that causes thickening of the heart muscle, and was then fitted with a pacemaker to keep her ticker from becoming a time bomb.

As for her baby, Elayna, she's happy, healthy and has certainly more than earned her "Mommy's Little Miracle" onesie.

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