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I saw on "ripley's believe it or not" about a man who had a sort of
second head - it was teeth and part of the scull on the side of his
head. And another with teeth in his arm which continued to grow
after birth - Sort of like a part of conjoined twins yet not
complete. I guess this is the same sort of bizzare hiccup of
nature.
Regards
Rhonda
-------Original Message-------
Date: Monday, September
09, 2002 17:04:23
Subject: Re:
[ozmidwifery] Read in the newspaper
Hi Deb,
I have heard of multiple foetuses that have
since died in utero and while most get reabsorbed, some organs and
body tissues can be bizzarely absorbed by the living foetus and go on
to be born. It is very common (I believe 1:5 pregnancies start off
as twins or more) and only one foetus goes on to maturation, logically
this means that some stem cells will remain and could proliferate into
organs or - extremely rarely as this case is - go on to become a complete
foetus. I have never heard of this situation before, but I'm sure that if
proved 'truth is stranger than fiction'!!
Steph, Adelaide.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002
3:51 PM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Read in the
newspaper
I came across a single paragraph in the Weekly
Telegraph (i.e. the overseas weekly version of the UK Daily Telegraph)
about a six month old baby boy in China who was operated on
because of a distended stomach. A dead fetus of 3lb was found in
the boy's stomach. Dr's said the dead baby grew inside the boy
when he was inside his mother's uterus.
Now I'm not one to
slavishly believe everything that I read in the newspapers, but the
Telegraph is a fairly reputable newspaper. Did anyone else read
about this? Has it been heard of before?
Debbie
Slater
Perth, WA
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