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Old 05 October 2009, 07:43 PM
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Icon97 Pregnant 12-month-old's miracle operation
A 12-month old girl who was carrying her unborn twin brother inside her has survived an operation to remove the foetus, say surgeons.

http://austriantimes.at/news/Around_...lds_miracle_op
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I'm not certain that a twin growing somewhere within the abdomen really qualifies as "pregnant." If the (born) child was a male, would they have still called him pregnant?
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"Sensationalist headline miraculously makes already interested story more interesting!"

Agreed, mags, it certainly is misleading.
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Old 06 October 2009, 03:05 AM
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They did use quotes around pregnant in the article...

But glad the baby is okay.
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I'm not certain that a twin growing somewhere within the abdomen really qualifies as "pregnant." If the (born) child was a male, would they have still called him pregnant?
Probably, due to the fact that there was an umbilical cord and a fetus there and it was growing. I agree with you that it doesn't actually count as "pregnant" in any way but I do think if it had been a male they would have used the same word.

Since they were going for sensational, "pregnant boy baby!" is even more sensational then "pregnant girl baby!" so I don't think they would have passed up that chance for the extra sensationalism.
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I'm not certain that a twin growing somewhere within the abdomen really qualifies as "pregnant." If the (born) child was a male, would they have still called him pregnant?
There was a case where the boy (who was sevral years old) was referred to as "pregnant with his own twin". There was a whole documentary about him and operation to remove the fetus in fetu. It was fascinating to see the removed mass.
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Agreed, mags, it certainly is misleading.
Complain as you may, it is the the best way to make a line more dramatic... to insert a pregnant pause.
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Okay, I'm confused. Human gestation is 9 months, give or take a couple weeks. This baby had the operation at 12 months. What happened to those other 3 months?
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Okay, I'm confused. Human gestation is 9 months, give or take a couple weeks. This baby had the operation at 12 months. What happened to those other 3 months?
The fetal material that was removed wasn't gestating like a normal human.
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