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Shipgate

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This was something that happened about two years ago here in Utah but somehow I only recently learned about it. A women conceived a child with her husband and somehow instead of the fertilized egg making its way into the uterus, it actually managed its way into her abdominal cavity and latched on to the outside of her intestine. From there the fetus grew and besides being where it was, it was a very normal pregnancy.

When it was time for her to have the baby she had a c-section performed and delivered a healthy child. The implications of this pregnancy were quite astounding and the medical journals were all over this women. It implied that even a women with a hysterectomy could still have a child if it were done in this way. Most disturbing was that even a man could theoretically have a child if the egg were transsplanted into him and latched onto his intestine. Has anyone else heard this story? It's just fascinating stuff, I think.
 
A reall smart bird is smarter than the person who thought this was a real news story.

As is a really dumb bird.

Or a dead bird.

Or a rock.

Or a dead rock.
 
Actually it did happen! I remember hearing about it too...just have to find a link for the actual news article in order to convince the non-believers.
 
Shipgate said:
Most disturbing was that even a man could theoretically have a child if the egg were transsplanted into him and latched onto his intestine.
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I'm sure that will make *someone* happy :(
 
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LeHah said:
I think stories about really smart birds are better.
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Shipgate said:
This was something that happened about two years ago here in Utah but somehow I only recently learned about it. A women conceived a child with her husband and somehow instead of the fertilized egg making its way into the uterus, it actually managed its way into her abdominal cavity and latched on to the outside of her intestine. From there the fetus grew and besides being where it was, it was a very normal pregnancy.
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Well here you have it, urban legends alive and well. This is just like that kidney one in that it would usually be quickly fatal leaving nobody to tell the story.

A pregnancy developing outside of the uterus is called an ectopic pregnancy. The most common places for an egg to attach is in the falopian tube. As the egg grows, mom feels a lot of pain until usually: 1- emergency surgery or 2- she dies from burst blood vessels in the area bleeding into her abdominal cavity. The egg is supposed to latch to the uterine wall. If it doesn't, menses happens and it all starts again.

Another point of contention is the lack of a placenta. The material needed for the placenta do not just travel to where the egg is but rather to the uterus. No placenta, no development, no baby.

Lastly the interior of the abdominal cavity and more importantly the organs themseleves, are covered with a lining to prevent rubbing against each other. So it would be hard to believe, actually impossible, that something would latch, get fertilized, grow, and be born by free floating in the abdomen.

Now of course I spent more time debunking this story than it took to think it up originally.

Jim

Oh Yeah Birds are rats with wings
 
Which is a damn shame, I for one, agree with Johnny Carson. "If Life were fair, Elvis would still be alive and all the impersonators would be dead." Long live the King...
 
He's not right though. This really did happen. Once I find the story I'll show it to you. And then we'll all have frosty chocolate milkshakes.
 
Has anyone ever done a chemical analysis on a frosty McDonald's milkshake to see what it's actually made of? Ice cream it's not.
 
Dyret said:
I'm sure that will make *someone* happy :(
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Sounds like that'd be a fun practical joke to play on someone.

"Oh, hey, Frank, by the way, I implanted my baby inside of your intestinal tract. Have fun!" :p
 
Too busy struttin’ about, I guess.:)

All anyone has to do is peck out and google “abdominal pregnancy”, and a wealth of information will be revealed.
 
“This is a life threatening condition to both the mother and fetus. Because they're so high risk, these pregnancies are often terminated ..."
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This is not going to be a solution for women with historectomies (sp?) or for men to carry children....
 
that sounds like the basis for the Film Junior with our mate Arnie. A good old fashioned chuckle fest if I remember correctly. They told some story about a chick doing that and then arnie decided to get pregnant. It obviously did not occur to anyone that the increase in female hormones would have caused breasts to grow in the place of his pecs and a loss in muscle mass due to the reduction in testosterone.
 
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