Shocked by caesarean section, no pregnancy was found in the belly for 41 weeks

Doctors in Brazil performed emergency caesarean section for a pregnant woman 41 weeks and were in labor, but were stunned when the fetus was not found in the womb.

The incident occurred when a 37-year-old woman in Cabo Frio, southeastern Brazil, went to the city's maternity hospital with a heavy belly and proof that she had prenatal and pregnant examination at week one. 41. When the heartbeat of the fetus and the mother is in severe pain, the doctor rushes the pregnant woman to the caesarean section to save the life of the unborn child.

Brazil's Globo G1, quoted by the gynecological hospital director Cabo Frio, added: "The patient had had a prenatal visit and was too expecting to give birth. Because he did not hear the heartbeat, the doctors decided not to. the time to proceed to the ultrasound request, they performed the surgery and were extremely shocked when they could not find the fetus in the abdomen ".

The woman's husband told the doctors that this was his wife's second "pregnancy" within a year. Last year, she announced she was " pregnant " , then went to the hospital and lost her child there, but never gave her husband a death certificate.

The case of the above woman diagnosed with false pregnancy syndrome . This rare syndrome occurs when a non-pregnant woman convinces herself that she is pregnant and also appears to have other typical symptoms of pregnancy.

According to local media, after leaving the maternity hospital, a woman with a false pregnancy has received psychological treatment. The most recent incident in Brazil was in December last year, when a young girl accused the hospital in Sao Paulo of stealing a baby in the belly after waking up in the caesarean section and being informed of the pregnancy. Her pregnancy is actually just a psychological syndrome .

Reported Ultimo Segundo site, Layane Santos, 19, announced that she was pregnant at the 38th week when she was rushed to a maternity hospital in Sao Paulo, South-east Brazil in a state of abdominal pain and blood loss. She visited antenatal care during pregnancy, and was also able to monitor her growth and measure her heart rate.

Santos even ultrasounded in the last week of pregnancy and the results showed that she was carrying a baby with a weight of more than 3.1kg and 42cm long in her stomach. According to Tribunal Hoje, Santos and her husband chose to name their daughter Sofia and move to live in a larger house, as well as spend more than $ 3,200 on clothes and supplies for the upcoming baby.