Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Another baby survives ectopic pregnancy
Fox News in Phoenix has this story of a woman who was diagnosed
with an ectopic pregnancy (one outside the uterus) at 20 weeks.
She rejected surgery at that point because her baby couldn't
have survived. He was born, healthy but premature, at 32 weeks.
At this time the doctors and Fox News are reporting the case as
unique. For the specific site of implantation, perhaps so. But
little Azelan Cruz Perfecto isn't the only baby to survive an
ectopic pregnancy.    • Live abdominal pregnancy presenting as
massive rectal bleeding: "A case of massive rectal bleeding
resulting from the placental attachment of an abdominal
pregnancy to the sigmoid colon is reported. Both mother and
infant survived this rare complication which should be
considered when abdominal colic and major gastrointestinal
haemorrhage occur in a pregnant patient."    • Abdominal
pregnancies, Primary Surgery: Volume One: Non-trauma, Chapter 8.
The surgery of pregnancy: Covers a case of