One woman was excited at the thought of becoming an aunt - but soon realised there was something different about her sister's 'pregnany' photo. Raquel Rodriguez Soto sent her sister a pic of what appeared on first glance to be a blossoming baby bump - but her supposed pregnancy turned out to be something very different.
Raquel left her family gobsmacked over the realcause behind her growing stomach, which made her appear as if she was "nine months pregnant". Sharing her story on popular video-streaming service TikTok, she broke the news to her sister who was "excited to be an aunt".
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In Raquel's video, which has already surpassed a jaw-dropping 5.3 million views, she revealed the far more sinister reason to her "pregnancy bump" after disappointing her sibling.
"My sister being excited thinking she's gonna bean aunt," she wrote as she cradled her stomach.
However, the TikToker shared that - instead of a child - an ovarian cyst was growing inside her, which had ballooned in size at a reach of almost 30cm.
"It was really a 10.5 pound 28cm ovarian cyst," she said.
Raquel joked: "Draft idea that my sister was supposed to post/make but never did - she's a proud ovarian cyst auntie - RIP CYSTIANA— You were cute."
TikToker rockiesoto33 has raked in over 88,000 followers on social media after documenting the gobsmacking ordeal with viewers - after she was initially neglected by doctors.
Whilst the news was undoubtedly shocking, her friends and family were keen to make light of the situation and even held a "cyst shower" to lighten the spirits ahead of her operations.
At the time of her surgery, Raquel left her viewers in on the intimate details - even revealing to have a gallon of liquid removed.
She explained: "The surgery went well, it was a lot shorter than they thought it would be - they originally thought it was going to be around six hours due to the size of the mass, but they were able to tell pretty quickly that it was not cancerous.
"They were able to keep the incision a lot smaller and just drain it inside of me - and it actually only ended up being about two hours
"The big question of all - how big was this thing? So, it was about 28 by about 26cm - and then it had 4.5 litres of fluid in it.
"And then weight wise, including the sack, it's probably anything from 10.5 to 11 pounds - so massive!"
Raquel confirmed that whilst the surgery went well and that her left ovary, tube and uterus were in "perfect condition" - unfortunately, her right ovary and fallopian tube were "too damaged".
Fellow TikTokers shared their heartfelt messages in the comment section - with one user gushing: "You're a strong woman.. I can't imagine how traumatising this was."
"I can’t imagine the pain you go through! Prayers on your recovery!" And a second added.
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