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Surely after nine long months of labor most pregnant women get sick of the constant cracks from friends and coworkers about how they're "so huge!" or "ready to pop." Huang Yijun put up with it for 60 years. That's how long the 92-year-old woman from southern China carried her unborn child inside her belly.
Sadly, this bizarre condition resulted from a devastating tragedy. In 1948, when Huang first became pregnant, doctors told her that her baby had died in the womb. But the procedure to remove the fetus was expensive -- approximately $150. That was too much money for Huang, leaving her with only one option: Move on. "It was a huge sum at the time -- more than the whole family earned in several years so I did nothing and ignored it," it was reported in The Sun.
The mystery was only uncovered when Huang recently visited her physician, complaining of stomach pain. Her doctor was shocked to discover not only that her fetus had not decayed, but that she'd managed to persevere through such exceptional medical circumstances.
"I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered she had a baby in her belly," Dr Liu Anbin at Qingshen hospital said. "I've been a doctor for more than 40 years and it's the first time I have seen something like this." Doctors are now trying to determine if they can or need to remove the fetus.
Let's pause for a moment and consider Huang, who has been "with child" since 1948. Amazing. "It's very rare that Huang can be so healthy," said Xu Xianming, director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at the hospital.
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Sadly, this bizarre condition resulted from a devastating tragedy. In 1948, when Huang first became pregnant, doctors told her that her baby had died in the womb. But the procedure to remove the fetus was expensive -- approximately $150. That was too much money for Huang, leaving her with only one option: Move on. "It was a huge sum at the time -- more than the whole family earned in several years so I did nothing and ignored it," it was reported in The Sun.
The mystery was only uncovered when Huang recently visited her physician, complaining of stomach pain. Her doctor was shocked to discover not only that her fetus had not decayed, but that she'd managed to persevere through such exceptional medical circumstances.
"I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered she had a baby in her belly," Dr Liu Anbin at Qingshen hospital said. "I've been a doctor for more than 40 years and it's the first time I have seen something like this." Doctors are now trying to determine if they can or need to remove the fetus.
Let's pause for a moment and consider Huang, who has been "with child" since 1948. Amazing. "It's very rare that Huang can be so healthy," said Xu Xianming, director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at the hospital.
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ReaderComments (Page 4 of 4)
1-20-2009 @ 7:38PM
Chaz said...I'm curious about what prevented decay, lack of oxygen, Bacteria and/or is amniotic fluic like an antiseptic? It had to be sad for the lady twice.
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1-20-2009 @ 7:57PM
Donna said...NO...... When it's removing a baby that passed in the womb its a D&E NOT D&C Trust me I lost a baby at 5 and 1/2 months.
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2-24-2009 @ 6:22PM
melinda said...WHAT EVER YOU DO DONOT CLICK ON THE MILEY CYRUS SEX TAPE SITE YOU WILL I REPEAT WILL GET A VIRUS IN YOUR COMPUTER,BELEIVE ME I KNOW IT MESSED UP MY MOMS COMPUTER AND SHE ALMOST CHOKED ME !!!!!!! LOL NO NOT FUNNY SHE WAS PISSED TO NO END!
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3-08-2009 @ 1:13PM
queenbee said...First of all, this was an early stage pregnancy. If the woman was in her 2nd or 3rd stage of pregnancy, then the Dr's would have had to remove the still born baby. What the real medical miracle here, is that after all these years, she's never developed any infections, toxois or anything? That's is amazing! * I hope they do remove it, so the woman can have some final closure*
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3-20-2009 @ 4:31AM
sweety said...MIRACLE ............
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