Coffin birth, also known as postmortem fetal extrusion, [1] [2] is the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of the decomposing body of a deceased pregnant woman due to increasing pressure from intra-abdominal gases.

Apr 5, 2018 · The postmortem “coffin birth” makes the woman’s grave a doubly unusual discovery—one that might very well shed light on how medieval doctors tried to help at-risk pregnant women.

Jun 8, 2024 · A rare phenomenon, a coffin birth occurs after abdominal gases build up in a pregnant corpse, ejecting the fetus from the woman's body. In one of the rarest postmortem phenomena in history, a small number of deceased pregnant women have “given birth” to an unviable fetus after dying.

Coffin birth (first defined by the German term sarg geburt ) is the phrase used by coroners to explain the medical phenomenon when a pregnant woman spontaneously delivers her child after her own untimely death.

Apr 22, 2024 · The phenomenon is commonly known as coffin birth, and it's a completely natural occurrence. When a pregnant mother passes, sometimes her body will force the fetus out of the womb postmortem, "birthing" a deceased child.

Mar 26, 2018 · Researchers from the University of Ferrara and the University of Bologna determined the woman to be aged between 25 and 35 years, while the foetus - based on the length of its femur - was around 38 weeks. A full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks, so the mother was extremely close to giving birth when she died.

Mar 26, 2018 · The fetus, now just a collection of tiny bones trailing below the mother's skeletal pelvis, was likely delivered in the grave through a phenomenon called "coffin birth" — essentially, when an...

Coffin birth is not truly birth in the most technical sense. Instead, it results from the build-up of gasses within the abdomen of the deceased mother. It forces the uterus, and also the fetus if one is present, from the body.

Dec 12, 2015 · In the most recent installment of Doughty's Ask A Mortician, she gives viewers a brief history of coffin birth. The phrase, she says, is formally known as post mortem fetal extrusion; rare, but it can occur 48 to 72 hours following the death of a pregnant woman.

Mar 28, 2018 · Rarely discovered archaeologically, coffin births refer to the expulsion of a fetus after death and are caused by the build-up of gas pressure from the decomposition of a pregnant...