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A Happy Miscarriage Story: Believe it or Not

JeanneSager — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:25:00 GMT

Who knew there could be a happy miscarriage story?

Not Claire Hunter. The British woman was six weeks into her pregnancy when she began feeling cramps in her side and was rushed to the hospital. It turned out her pregnancy was ectopic - the fetus had formed in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus.

At six weeks pregnant, Claire Hunter lost her baby, and doctors told her she may never get pregnant again. Until six weeks later.

Still experiencing pain, despite surgery on her damaged ovary, she was given another pregnancy test. She was pregnant - and had been for at least a full trimester. Somehow, in all the hullabaloo over the loss of her baby, doctors missed a twin baby boy, a fetus that developed properly inside Hunter's womb. She gave birth in the summer to Ryan, a healthy seven pounds and change.

Why this story came out now, I'm not sure. It's not news of a lawsuit - which I guess there would probably be grounds for (how do you miss a second baby during surgery?). But how do you sue when you have a happy ending? A chubby cheeked, smiling happy ending at that?

Nothing takes away from the loss of a child, but to see that little guy sitting there, grinning, it gives you hope!

Image: Telegraph

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Baby Born With Feet In Brain

Kate Tuttle — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:59:00 GMT

When Sam Esquibel was born in Colorado three months ago, doctors knew there was something going on. Ultrasounds had shown a mass in his brain, and he was scheduled for surgery just three days post-partum. But what the doctors found when they got inside his skull shocked them -- two tiny feet, a hand, and a thigh, along with several loops of partially-formed intestine.

Doctors removed the material (caution: the photo in this link may disturb some people), which could be the remains of a mostly-absorbed twin (also known as a fetus in fetu), but those typically occur in the abdomen. Or it could be a teratoma, a type of tumor that often includes hair, teeth or fingernails, though doctors say teratomas aren't typically as structurally complex as a foot or hand.

Whatever the reason, little Sam is just fine now, with nothing but a scar to remind him and his parents of the bizarre surgery in his first week of life.

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Lawyer sent twin sister to court when she was busy

Brett Singer — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Two Italian women have been accused of fraud because one of them pretended to be the other one – in court.

(Note: The photo is not of those sisters, whose last names were not used in the story. The photo is from "The Patty Duke Show," which was about twin cousins.)

One sister, Gabriella, is an attorney and part-time judge. When her judgeship conflicted with her court schedule, she sent her twin sister, Patrizia, to fill in for her.

Two problems: first, Patrizia would tell clients and colleagues that she was Gabriella. Second, Patrizia isn't a lawyer.

Actually, there's a third problem, which is that Gabriella would bill clients for her time even though she wasn't actually, you know, there. But that happens all the time, right? (OK, bad bad bad lawyer joke, sorry.)

For no reason other than the fact that this story made the song pop into my head, here is the intro for "The Patty Duke Show." ("But they're sisters / Identical sisters, each a star. / One pair of matching bookends / But only one of them passed the bar…")

Source: rte

Image: wikipedia

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No twin visits for Jon Voight

Brett Singer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Usually the birth of a child can bring a family together. But whatever is going on between Jon Voight and Angelina Jolie must be pretty bad. According to E! (that's hard to type – the !) Voight says, "I was just as excited as everybody else" about the birth of the twins. (Maybe, "I'm more excited than everybody else" would have been a better choice of words?) As for actually seeing them in person, "If I'm asked, I'll find a way but I haven't been asked." Here's the REALLY LOUD CELEBRITY NEWS VIDEO FROM E!ONLINE(!!!!!):

It's kind of sad news -- grampa not allowed. But here are some facts about their relationship (in this case, "facts" means stuff I read on the Internet that could be true):

Jolie was raised by her mom, and officially changed her last name from Voight to Jolie in 2002. (I don't remember her ever being known as Angelina Voight, but who knows, maybe I was just busier back then.) She did this about a month the Midnight Cowboy said, on television, that his lovely daughter had "serious emotional problems." Nice! Here's the quote that seems like there's more here than meets the eye: "My father and I don’t speak. I don’t hold any anger toward him. I don’t believe that somebody’s family becomes their blood. Because my son’s adopted, and families are earned." She stated that she did not want to publicize her reasons for her estrangement from her father, but because she had adopted her son, she did not think it was healthy for her to associate with Voight. (Premiere Magazine, via Wikipedia)

Taking that quote at face value, it makes a certain amount of sense. She's adopted, what, about 47 children at this point? She wants them all to feel loved. I would imagine that anyone who adopts a child would say the same thing. (I have no idea if this is true, but it seems like a good thing to feel.) Plus, dad wasn't around for her when she was growing up.

Maybe she's just annoyed at this line from Voight's own Wikipedia page that talks about Angelina and her brother, James Haven: Both children would go on to enter their father's business, James as an actor and assistant director, and Angelina as a major Oscar-winning movie star in her own right.

In her own right? Is that a joke? How often do you hear about what James Haven is up to? I think the last time was when everybody thought he and Angie were a little tooclose, if you know what I mean. Oh, he played an usher in 2003's "Hunter of Man". Didn't see it? Maybe you were sick that day. No disrespect to James, but whoever wrote that needs to get out more.

Anyway, bummer for Jonny V, but based on my potentially inaccurate information, it sounds like Angelina has a right to be pissed off. Brad's parents can play Gramma and Grampa.

image: Heatworld.com

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20 mil for pics of twins

Brett Singer — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:45:00 GMT

OMG! Magazines might be paying $20 million for pics of twins! Quick! Everyone with twins hurry and get some shots taken!

Oh, wait. Not YOUR twins. The Jolie-Pitt twins. OH. Sorry. Didn't mean to get your hopes up.

The Associated Press (via Yahoo! News) quotes Darryn Lyons of the photo agency Big Pictures in London, as saying that the "official" photos of the most famous pair of rugrats on the planet could fetch between $15 and $20 million.

How does this compare to previous bambino/bambina windfalls? AOL Money says that Jennifer and Marc Lopez (let's face it, she's the one with the career) received $6 million for photos of Max and Emme in March of 2008. They also received sighs of relief from millions when they gave the kids normal names. But Shiloh Nouvel, Brad and what's-her-name's first non-adopted child, snagged $4.1 million in June of 2006. So the $20 million figure is probably not far off.

Quote of the day: The only other photos that "would possibly come that close is Britney Spears giving birth to an alien," [said Lyons.] I'd pay a couple of bucks to see that.

image: jewels-whatevah

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Screw twin Earth, I'm going to Mars

Brett Singer — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Maybe it's just my geekiness shining through – OK, no maybe there. But even someone who likes to stuff nerds into lockers would have to admit that the prospect of life on other planets is way cool. Discovery.com reports that scientists are intrigued by what the Phoenix Lander has found on the red planet: "There's nothing about it that would preclude life. In fact, it seems very friendly," mission scientist Samuel Kounaves of Tufts University said of the soil. "There's nothing about it that's toxic."

This is especially relevant if you believe the "Wall-E" vision of the future. I haven't seen the film yet, but my understanding is that the plot stems from the notion that humans will eventually use up all of Earth's resources, so we all have to leave the planet behind. (Nothing like a cheerful summer flick.) So we could either move to Twin Earth, Mars, or, as "Wall-E" suggests, a space station.

(Aside: This is actually very similar to a story that recently showed up in the "Fantastic Four" comics. In that case, some scientist was building a copy of Earth for everyone to move to once we managed to screw up this one.)

Whether or not any of these doomsday scenarios are plausible, I love the idea of being able to visit another planet. And, since we're geeking out here, what if Mars' sun gives Earth people super powers? How cool would that be? Of course, that might also mean that Martians would gain power from our sun. Unless there are no Martians, meaning we can go and colonize Mars, moving mountains with our newfound super-strength.

(UPDATE: a commenter below points out that Mars and Earth share a sun. Yeah yeah yeah. You and your SCIENCE, always ruining my fun.)

First we've got to, you know, build spaceships that can transport non-astronaut human beings. But that'll happen. Until then, we'll have to be content with these nifty pics from the Phoenix Lander. No little green men/women/children (yet), but there is ice, soil, and… I don't know, its photos from Mars! Check 'em out here.

image: anythingofinterest

Girl Eats Twin; Says "Needs Salt"

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:58:00 GMT

A 9-year-old girl complaining of stomach pains had a 2-inch-long embryo complete with head, hair and eyes removed from her belly, while her parents issued this statement from the waiting room: "So that's where the other one went! I knew we were missing something."

Doctors in Greece, where this occurred, said that one in a set of twins absorbs the other in about 1 in every 500,000 births. The girl -- I mean the one who was not eaten -- had complained of stomach pains, went to get checked out and voila, there was a lump in her stomach. (Did this lump remain for the girl's entire 9-year existence? Was this the first time she ever felt discomfort? Good questions -- no answers.)

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