Pregnant for 46 years

Aether

In case anyone is interested, there is a show on the Discovery Health Channel (right now) about a woman who has been pregnant for 46 years.

Evo

Is this a case of where the fetus died and was never expelled? I've read of a couple of cases.

scott1

How can someone be pregent for 46 years and not notice it?

Pengwuino

God that's gross!!! Makes you question humanity! ewwww

JamesU

WTF is this? I actualy changed the channel

how did this happen

Aether

Quote by scott1

How can someone be pregent for 46 years and not notice it?

She noticed. The bad news is that the fetus didn't survive, but the good news is that the mother's own body protected her. It was an ectopic pregnancy:

http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnan...y/ectopic.html

Genecks

Quote by Pengwuino

God that's gross!!! Makes you question humanity! ewwww

I agree, but at least as a drake I can walk faster. You can't even fly, silly chicken bird.

Aether

Quote by Evo

Is this a case of where the fetus died and was never expelled? I've read of a couple of cases.

Yes.

Quote by yomamma

how did this happen

A fertilized egg implanted outside the uterus (occurs in 1/30,000 pregnancies), developed to full term, but wasn't in a position to be expelled; eventually the fetus died and was removed surgically 45 years later. For the mother to survive for so long in this condition is what is rare.

Blahness

O_O'''

That's just.... freaky.

zoobyshoe

Quote by Aether

Yes.
A fertilized egg implanted outside the uterus (occurs in 1/30,000 pregnancies), developed to full term, but wasn't in a position to be expelled; eventually the fetus died and was removed surgically 45 years later. For the mother to survive for so long in this condition is what is rare.

So...why did they wait 45 years?

Aether

Quote by zoobyshoe

So...why did they wait 45 years?

The mother was from a 3rd-world country, and wen't to the hospital to give birth but couldn't. She wisely left the hospital in fear that the medical staff weren't competent to handle her condition. From then-on she suffered at home and eventually learned to live with the condition...45+ years later she ended up in a modern hospital where the doctors made an x-ray of the mass in her abdomen and were surprised to find that it was a 7 lb. fetus.

zoobyshoe

Quote by Aether

The mother was from a 3rd-world country, and wen't to the hospital to give birth but couldn't. She wisely left the hospital in fear that the medical staff weren't competent to handle her condition. From then-on she suffered at home and eventually learned to live with the condition...45+ years later she ended up in a modern hospital where the doctors made an x-ray of the mass in her abdomen and were surprised to find that it was a 7 lb. fetus.

It all makes soooooo much more sense now. I was thinking it must be some crazy woman who was sure she was on the verge of labor for 45 years straight and didn't see any reason to consult a doctor till it started. Or something.

Louise M

This is truly sad because if she had seen a legitimate hospital she could have possibly saved the baby. My heart goes out to this woman.

I realize this is an old post but it still breaks my heart.

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by Aether

doctors made an x-ray of the mass in her abdomen and were surprised to find that it was a 7 lb. fetus.

Why didn't the body "reclaim" the mass? Was the fetus tissue still alive?

Evo

Quote by Greg Bernhardt

Why didn't the body "reclaim" the mass? Was the fetus tissue still alive?

The fetus was probably already dead or would have died since it was ectopic.

Good question on the body reclaiming it, too large perhaps? How she lived with the dead fetus is a miracle.

JaredJames

Haven't there been cases where someone has been born and had an abnormal growth and when checked by doctors it's turned out to be their twin? Or what should have been, but has developed inside the other sibling.

Not strictly alive, can't remember the exact details, but I know it had hair and teeth.

JaredJames

Here we go: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2346476&page=1

One doctor recalled that day in the operating room.

"He just put his hand inside and he said there are a lot of bones inside," she said. "First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs, hair."

Inside Bhagat's stomach was a strange, half-formed creature that had feet and hands that were very developed. Its fingernails were quite long.

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Aether Recognitions: Gold Member	Pregnant for 46 years Tweet In case anyone is interested, there is a show on the Discovery Health Channel (right now) about a woman who has been pregnant for 46 years.

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Louise M	This is truly sad because if she had seen a legitimate hospital she could have possibly saved the baby. My heart goes out to this woman. I realize this is an old post but it still breaks my heart.

JaredJames Blog Entries: 8 Recognitions: Gold Member	Haven't there been cases where someone has been born and had an abnormal growth and when checked by doctors it's turned out to be their twin? Or what should have been, but has developed inside the other sibling. Not strictly alive, can't remember the exact details, but I know it had hair and teeth.