Pregnant for half a century?

September 29, 2004

05/14/2004 15:37

Last year, an elderly woman attended a clinic in Rabat, Morocco. The

lady complained she was feeling heaviness in the lower part of her

stomach and experienced shortness of breath.

X-ray indicated that the lady needed immediate surgery. The surgery

was conducted the next day. Surgeons made a Caesarian section and

extracted a formless calcified lump. As it was later determined,

this respected Moroccan woman got pregnant 46 years ago!

She's been carrying her future baby for 7 months, when the fetus

died while still in the womb. With time, the fetus has fossilized

after being saturated with calcium produced by female's organism.

Most remarkable of all is that this fossilized "cocoon" did not

affect the overall mother's condition. The "calcified mummy" will

now be exhibited at the capital"s clinic of medical marvels.

When you come across something like this, it is hard to remain clam

and refrain from contemplating people's ignorance. Just tell me, how

a young lady can simply not notice her 7-month pregnancy? This

question does not only pertain to ladies of the Arab world. Some of

our women end up in the gynecologist's office during the last stages

of their pregnancies.

Read the original in Russian: (Translated by: Anna Ossipova)

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