Shocking: The Woman Who Gave Birth To A 'Mummy Child'

By Laila Ferzan / Khartoum

Five decades ago, An Arab woman went to the hospital to have a baby, but after a long labor, she had not given birth. Her doctor ordered a C-section but, terrified of the surgery, she left the hospital. Some time later, the baby died in her womb. She declined to have the baby removed. This was the past story.

Now, suddenly, on last friday, she began to have excruciating pains in her abdomen. When doctors took an X-ray, they discovered a massive “growth,” which they believed to be a tumor.
Further testing revealed the growth to be the calcified remains of her baby—the one who had passed away almost five decades before.This phenomenon is called lithopedion. 

It’s extremely rare, with only about 300 cases ever recorded. The process begins if the body is unable to expel the dead fetus. In order to protect itself from infection caused by decomposing tissue, the body develops a layer of calcified material around the fetus, effectively mummifying the body and turning it into a “stone baby.”