Nobel 84 from Brazil was having a serious tummy pain, went to the hospital for treatment and realised she was pregnant, the Doctor confirmed she was carrying a 44-year-old foetus in her womb.
According to Brazilian news website G1, the woman remembers suffering pain during her pregnancy over 40 years ago and visiting a healer (traditionalist) for help.
The traditionalist prepared some concoction for her, after taking what he'd prescribed, "her stomach didn't grow any more, the baby stopped moving, and she thought it had been aborted.
When the pain became severe she went to a gynecologist at the Tocantins hospital,who had an X-rays on her and revealed "the face, the bones of the arms, of the legs, the ribs, and the spine" of the foetus, which is believed to have died at between 20 and 28 weeks, of which it was her intention to kill the baby.
This case of lady Noble is a rare phenomenon which is known as lithopedion, in which the foetus grows and then dies outside of the uterus. It may occur from 14 weeks gestation to full term. It is not unusual for a stone baby to remain undiagnosed for decades, and it is often not until a patient is examined for other conditions or a proper examination is conducted that includes an X-ray, that a stone baby is found.
The condition was first described in a treatise by the physician Albucasis in the 10th century, but fewer than 300 cases have been noted in 400 years of medical literature. The earliest lithopedion is one found in an archaeological excavation at Bering Sinkhole, on the Edwards Plateau in Kerr County, Texas dated to 1100 BC. so it is not a new thing as Noble's case is not the 1st.
With the body unable to rid itself of it, the dead foetus is instead covered in calcium as a means of protection, resulting in a "stone baby."
In December, a similar case was discovered in Colombia. That woman opted to have surgery, but this lady Noble from Brazil says she does not want the foetus removed. Could this be normal or is she diabolic ?
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