kodak Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 MALONGO, Congo -- In one of the most astounding cases in medical history, an African woman was pregnant for three years -- and when doctors finally delivered her baby, it was made of solid stone! The four-pound fetus had died inside the mother’s body and calcified over time, according to Dr. Andrew Folley, who presented the bizarre case history on OBGYN.net, a medical-information Inter-net site. No one was more astonished by the delivery of the stone baby than the 37-year-old mom, who was not identified by name. According to Dr. Folley, the bewildered patient “stated that she had been pregnant about three years ago and everything seemed to be going fine, but ‘the baby never came out.’” The woman, who lives in a remote village on the Congo River, had felt fine throughout all the years she carried the fetus. But during a recent exam, a physician became concerned by her distended belly and feared she might have a uterine tumor. Doctors conducted exploratory surgery on the woman’s abdomen. And they were stunned when they pulled a “large, calcified, spherical mass” out of the incision -- not initially recognizing it as a baby’s head. “The diagnosis was finally made when a shoulder was delivered along with this mass,” reveals Dr. Folley. Eventually, the intact, rock-solid remains of an entire baby were removed. The infant’s size indicated it had survived eight months -- almost to term. It had been what doctors call an extrauterine pregnancy, an unusual and always fatal condition in which the fetus develops outside of the uterus. The development of a stone baby -- known medically as a lithopedion -- is astronomically rare, occurring in only 0.0045 percent of pregnancies. The condition was first described in a treatise by the great physician Albucasis in the 10th century A.D. The record is held by an Italian woman who carried a stone baby for a mind-bending 36 years, unaware that she was pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGSOE Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 sick.first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ass hairball Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 dont like reading but the title tell the whole thing:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Originally posted by kodak The record is held by an Italian woman who carried a stone baby for a mind-bending 36 years, unaware that she was pregnant. WTF?! Her husband must no longer be jelous of her massive "beer belly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deznatori Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 I am still boggled by the thought of why would you be pregnant and when you didn't give birth wonder wtf? Wouldn't you get your shit checked out or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Originally posted by deznatori I am still boggled by the thought of why would you be pregnant and when you didn't give birth wonder wtf? Wouldn't you get your shit checked out or something? thats what i wuda have thought, but no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8otech Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Africa can be pretty fuckin' remote, as weel as being poo' as fuck.....it could happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S@T@N Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 How does a baby that grew for 8 months and then became as hard as a stone... only weigh 4 lbs? That's the most distubing part. Somethins fishy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 i cant believe you people are taking this crap seriously.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING OF HELL Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 Re: Re: woman gives birth to 4 pound rock Originally posted by shameless self promotion WTF?! Her husband must no longer be jelous of her massive "beer belly" DUDE...HAHAHAHAHA you crack my shit up!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Greedy Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 "If a man does his best, what else is there?" - General George S. Patton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblindpoet Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 could you post the link to that article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drunken phil Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 id like to see a picture of jr. statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest popasquat Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 thats fuckin wierd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Originally posted by drunken phil i'd like to see a picture of jr. statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahighlifdhl Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 i give birth to rocks everyday only they fall into the toilet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 i think you mean logs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.e Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 http://www.obgyn.net/english/pubs/articles/photo-2b.jpg'> http://www.obgyn.net/english/pubs/articles/photo-4b.jpg'> taken from obgyn.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 hot diggity damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilistic Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 fuck dude those pics scare me.looks like a cabbage patch doll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Originally posted by evilistic fuck dude those pics scare me. especially the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 That looks like a potato....and Kodak whats with these Enquirer threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest socrates Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 That looks real and the website aint bullshit either?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Claus Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 http://www.obgyn.net/ENGLISH/PUBS/ARTICLES.../Stone_Baby.htm heres the link for you non believers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SMUGGLER RSH Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 That baby/stone looks like a fucking kids doll that has been set on fire severeal times.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pissdrunkwhat?! Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Originally posted by IntangibleFame That looks like a potato.... mashed potatoes mMmmmm:crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 thats just fucking insane. the funny thing is that the lady thought being pregnant for 3 years was the norm or something, africans africans africans :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basic Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 holy poo those photos are freaky ... eep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SayOne Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 ewwwwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIST2CUFFS Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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