Sunday, June 25, 2006

'Special' baby grew outside womb


In a freak case, a baby girl in the UK has survived and been delivered by emergency Caesarean after growing in her mother's abdomen. Doctors at Lister Hospital in Stevenage only realised Millie-An Pittman was in the wrong place when her mother Lisa was admitted for a caesarian operation. To read the full article, click here.

Interestingly, this has raised a lot of debate about the possiblity of male pregnancy since it is possible to conceive outside the womb with an artifically induced fertilized egg. And as you may expect, same-sex marriage supporters are all over it.

The new born baby was aptly named "Millie-An", a play on the words "one in a million".

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