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2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts) Tue Apr 10, 2012, 12:27 PM Apr 2012

An anti-choicer just told me he knows somebody who had a baby at 4 months of gestation [View all]

and the baby survived and is healthy.

I think it's bullshit, (at 5 months and a half the chances are already vanishingly small) but since it's a friend and I don't want to throw shit at the fan, I just said I think somebody somewhere counted time wrong.

Opinions?

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An anti-choicer just told me he knows somebody who had a baby at 4 months of gestation [View all] 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 OP

That sounds pretty extraordinary Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2012 #1

The earliest a baby has been born and survived was at 21 weeks and 6 days. So maybe your friend Brickbat Apr 2012 #2

And even then, it's 5.1 months. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #7

21 weeks 6 days is over 5 mos. Bluerthanblue Apr 2012 #8

Did her husband come back from overseas deployment 6 months before she got pregnant? tjwash Apr 2012 #3

Bingo crazylikafox Apr 2012 #34

You know it! Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #35

Sounds like anti-choicer, forced birther bullshit. Hepburn Apr 2012 #4

I would think it's BS too... TroglodyteScholar Apr 2012 #5

sombody is lying Bluerthanblue Apr 2012 #6

I think someone is lying AND someone is misinformed. Mariana Apr 2012 #15

It's possible. What's the gestation period for a cat? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #9

63 days on avg mrs_p Apr 2012 #25

And I know a Republican madamesilverspurs Apr 2012 #10

People enjoy lying cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #11

The lungs are non-functional at 4 months. RC Apr 2012 #12

HA! Get his reply: 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #13

so he's in Germany? Bluerthanblue Apr 2012 #17

Nowhere NEAR it! 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #30

Why would she have delivery at 4 months? JohnnyRingo Apr 2012 #14

Lungs don't develop until the 7th month BlueToTheBone Apr 2012 #16

They do, though Yo_Mama Apr 2012 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Apr 2012 #18

Yah, it's bullshit. Ask that person for the name of the woman who had a MineralMan Apr 2012 #19

They are lying.... ingac70 Apr 2012 #20

If true, it would have made the news broadcasts. Probably on a national level. arbusto_baboso Apr 2012 #21

She is either, mistaken, misled, or a liar Marrah_G Apr 2012 #22

There are 20-21 week survivals Yo_Mama Apr 2012 #23

Yes. And no. lapislzi Apr 2012 #24

trying to debate someone of subnormal intelligence is a waste of time pitohui Apr 2012 #26

What was the medical bill in order to do this? benld74 Apr 2012 #28

Repubs in AZ are trying to push that pregnancy dates begin with last menstrual period ... IggleDoer Apr 2012 #29

Unless science has found a way to put the baby in a jar until it matures to a Cleita Apr 2012 #31

Sometimes it's better to Google ... GeorgeGist Apr 2012 #32

It's bullshit. That's 5.1 months, it's a single case and it happened in Germany. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #36

They are wrong. No baby has ever survived being born at 4 months (18 weeks) LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #33