Comments on: Baby Born Twice

By: rw

rw — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:38:55 +0000

Late-term abortion debate anyone?

By: tomtheman5

tomtheman5 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:27:22 +0000

Yeah, I agree.

Only 80% extracted? She was born 1.8 times at most )

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:16:46 +0000

Interesting, but I don't think she was "born twice". Doesn't being born imply leaving the womb altogether (and possibly having the umbilical cord cut)?

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:49:28 +0000

When they found such a place, they opened the relaxed womb and extracted about 80 percent of Macie Hope’s body — which weighed no more than a quarter of a pound — leaving just the head and upper body in the womb.

Before I got to the "head and upper body" part of that sentence, I thought they were implying the tumor accounted for 80% of her mass. Eek.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:07:08 +0000

That was some great surgery skills. Glad to hear the mother and child are doing well.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:37:13 +0000

I seem to remember that in Utero surgery leaves no scarring what so ever.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:27:15 +0000

Eh, kinda neat, but the very fact that he is a "fetal surgeon" implies that he does this thing with decent regularity. This one particular surgery just happened to be fed to the media.

By: Britt

Britt — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:51:08 +0000

Wowza. That's some badass skill right there.