After Caesarean section, doctors have not found the baby in the uterus

Doctors conducted an emergency Caesarean section 37-year-old woman, is for a period of 41 weeks, when they could not hear the baby's heartbeat. But cutting the stomach, doctors could not see, and the child - the uterus was empty.

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This story took place in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Cabo Frio. The hospital delivered 37-year-old patient, which local obstetricians observed from the beginning of her pregnancy. Now the woman was a period of 41 weeks. She complained of acute pain in the abdomen, which by that time has increased significantly in size.

Doctors tried to hear the baby's heartbeat, but could not do it. Assuming that the baby's health at risk, doctors conducted emergency cesarean section . Imagine their surprise when they found no trace of the baby in the womb of a woman.

"She came to us with all the signs of late pregnancy, no longer even a period of transition - the director of the hospital Rozalike Almeida. - When the ultrasound showed that the baby had no heartbeat, the doctors performed emergency cesarean section . They are waiting for a real shock. It was one of the most amazing cases false pregnancy That we have ever encountered. "

Pseudopregnancy   It develops when a woman tells herself that she had conceived a child, when in fact it was not. Sometimes the pregnancy develops with all the classic signs, such as toxicosis and growing tummy. The patient after cesarean section was sent to the psychiatric ward. Her 23-year-old husband told doctors that his wife already have a child, but she really wanted to give birth again. (READ MORE)

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