“After delivery, I thought him holding the device was interesting, so I took a picture. I never thought it would receive so much attention,” she said.

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The boy was born clutching his mother’s intra-uterine device. Picture: CEN/australscope

The baby’s 34-year-old mother said she had the coil inserted two years earlier but it clearly didn’t work because she later found out she was pregnant.

Dr Phuong explained the device may have been moved from its original position, becoming an ineffective form of contraception and allowing the mother to become pregnant.

The baby was healthy when born, weighing 3.2kg – a third baby for the mum who already had two children