The Short Life of the Pregnant Fetus

The news of Mary Lambert's pregnant fetus spread like wildfire across the intertubes, the flames fanned by social media.

A pregnant woman in Portland, Oregon was hospitalized this week with extreme stomach pains, and doctors were extremely shocked at what they discovered.

Mary Lambert, who is 8 months pregnant, went to Silverstein Memorial Hospital in Portland when she thought she might be going into labor. Doctors examined her, and initially could not figure out what was causing Lambert’s pain. After an ultrasound to check on her baby, they were taken aback to find that her unborn daughter was also pregnant.

“I have never in my life seen anything like this.” Said Dr. Joseph Goldsmith, a pediatric surgeon at Silverstein. “I don’t think anyone has. This is the first time that an unborn baby has become impregnated. It’s so far beyond rare that we didn’t know it was possible.”

There was an obvious reason that this complication is so rare - it's a Hoax.

... But, of course, the report is fanciful nonsense. No unborn baby is pregnant, in Oregon, or anywhere else. The fictional report originates from the fake-news website, Empire News.

In fact, nothing published on Empire News is true. A disclaimer on the site notes: Empire News is a satirical and entertainment website. We only use invented names in all our stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.

The internet is replete with tall tales and rumor-mongering. It pays to check out the sources before passing on incredible stories. Be careful out there.

One final note - there is a condition called Fetus In Fetu which can occur as a complication of embryogenesis during a twin pregnancy. In this condition, a nonviable twin fetus becomes enclosed within a normally developing twin fetus. This condition became the inspiration for Stephen King's The Dark Half. This, however, is far from the short-lived saga of the pregnant fetus.

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