Lithopedion
Do you know what a Lithopedion is? The definition is here. It's a stone baby! I was watching tv late the other night and there was a story on stone babies on. It totally blew my mind. This is fucking crazy! I still don't really understand it fully but it amazes the hell out of me. Read more at obgyn.net or read this article in Time.
posted by Chiseen at
10:00 AM
8 Comments:
Oh man, that shit's crazy! Sad but kinda cool at the same time.
that is... disturbing... and yet, I can't look away. Thanks for the entertainment today ;)
very sad but, what can you do?
Thanks for sharing.
This entry aroused my curiosity and I just ran a Medline search for "lithopedion" or "lithopaedion" or "stone bab*" and retrieved 59 articles published in English from predominant medical journals. Also tried to give you some layman materials from the so-called "top 10" consumer health sites, e.g. MedlinePlus, Mayo Clinic, NOAH,etc. They haven't included this yet. Guess it's very rare for the public.
Personally I prefer this blog over the other. Feel like a real snug.
This is no joke!!
It's kind of scary..but..at the same time sad..
I am a mother of 19months old baby boy..so glad to have him with my arms.
That is just plain freaky!
How anyone can leave a human of any sort in their womb for46yrs.WEIRD
doesn't begin to cover this topic!
MY boys are 7&3, and I rejoiced,
hallejuah to get them out of
my body! That's the one thing to expect,becauese they can't and
shouldn't stay in!!!!!!!
What whack shit you come up with!
In the most simple sense, a "stone baby" is a very rare occurence in which the the sperm travels up the fallopian tube and meets to fertilize the egg in the area between the ovary and the fallopian tube where the fimbriae are located. This area is where the fimbriae usually 'catches' the egg and passes it down the fallopian tube, however, the egg becomes fertilized before this process happens--causing the embryo to develope in the body cavity around the intestine. After the fetus dies, the body (if it doesn't die also) will begin to calcify the cells of the embryo causing it to solidify into "stone". It is most common in 3rd world countries where doctors are not readily available. In short, sometimes strong swimmers are can be a bad thing...
REST IN PEACE SWEET BABY
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