Authorities have reunited the baby rescued from a toilet drain in China with his young mother.   They say the woman accidentally dropped the baby immediately after giving birth alone.

Video of the rescue was uploaded to the Internet and went viral around the world.  The kid was stuck in the drain for 2 hours as rescuers cut out the section of pipe and brought it to the hospital to extricate the kid.

“It has been defined as an accident,” say police.  Local officials say the baby left the hospital with his mother's family.

They also say the unidentified 22 year old mother became pregnant after a one night stand, but hid it from because she could not afford an abortion and the father refused to help her.  When the baby slid down the drain of the communal toilet beneath her apartment block, she was the first to call for help.  

Many news reports implied the child was abandoned and there were numerous offers of financial aid and adoption.