dave submitted a link to a Times Online story about a woman who survived a fall, then discovered she was pregnant.

Shayna Richardson, 21, was making her first solo skydiving jump when she began to have trouble with her parachute.

Hurtling towards a parking lot in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Ms Richardson hit the asphalt with her face. Although severely injured, she managed to survive — and soon discovered that it had not quite been a solo skydive.

Doctors treating her in hospital discovered that she was two weeks pregnant. Four operations and two months after the accident on October 9, Ms Richardson says that she and her unborn baby are doing fine.

"Just this last week we went and saw the doctor and we’ve got arms, we’ve got legs, we’ve got a full face. The baby is moving around just fine. The heart rate looks good. So not only did God save me, but he spared this baby," Ms Richardson said.

In fact, the baby appears to be in much better shape than its mother. Ms Richardson broke her pelvis in two places, broke her leg and has 15 steel plates in her face. She also lost six teeth.

The craziest part? According to the article, after all this she is planning on jumping again in August.