A baby boy was cut straight from his mother's womb by a couple who had allegedly kidnapped and strangled his mother.

The tiny victim is now recovering in a hospital in Brazil.

"It's a miracle he's ok because the cut was really big and really deep, and he still hadn't reached full term," Antonio Alves Marciao, one of the doctors treating the baby, said.

The baby's grandmother thanked authorities for rescuing the infant.

"I always knew in my heart he was alive. I didn't know where, but I knew that he was alive," she said.

The couple have confessed to luring the victim to a remote area deep in the Amazon, the police said.

The female suspect told the authorities it was all her idea, because she wanted a baby.

The male suspect said he was to be paid for his part in the crime.

The baby is now in the custody of his aunt.

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