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Last July Mrs. Turley began feeling "queer." In October she consulted Dr. William Ellis Jr. At first he thought she had a tumor, but in December he heard the fetal heart beat and knew that she was pregnant. The baby was born prematurely a fortnight...
...told her to take it easy; there was nothing much they could do about it then. Her trouble was that the by-pass between the aorta and the main artery to the lungs failed to close some time after birth. The open by-pass is vital to the fetus (fetal blood does not get oxygen from the lungs before birth), but it is harmful in later life because it puts an extra strain on the heart...
Obstetricians had an explanation for the rare occurrence. An infant who begins to breathe in the womb is in danger of drowning in amniotic fluid. But when the fetal sac breaks and the fluid flows out, the unborn child can get a few lungsful of the air entering the womb through the birth passage. The rhythm of the laboring mother's contracting uterus acts as an artificial respirator...
...Edward Abbott, assisted by Dr. Charles Mount, made a six-inch midline incision in the abdomen. The patient bled profusely (she got almost eight pints of blood in transfusions). The doctors cut the fetal sac, seized the infant, pulled out a wailing baby girl. Weight: 6 lbs. 6 oz. Condition of mother & daughter at week's end: excellent...
...March 24. The date of Mrs. Hunter's last menstrual period was Feb. 10. Everything proceeded as usual for three months. Then there was "apparent cessation of growth," until at six months Mrs. Hunter felt life for the first time. (Normal time for this: 16th to 18th week.) Fetal heartbeat was first detected in September. (Normal time for this would have been July...