Thursday, February 7, 2013

The smallest in the world, a mother gave birth to her second child

In the U.S., a woman rises 70 centimeters birth of her second child. The girl was born healthy, with almost normal for baby's growth - 45 centimeters, reports Telegraph. 33-year-old Stacey Herald (Stacey Herald) from the city of Dry Ridge (Kentucky) suffers from the so-called osteogenesis imperfecta. It is a severe hereditary disease manifested by increased fragility of bones that leads to skeletal deformity and distortion of body proportions. Despite the protests of doctors and a half years ago, she gave birth to a daughter, Stacy Keytri. The work is very hard, and the child, and his mother was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta. However, the woman and her husband decided, with normal growth (174 centimeters), to have a second child. Doctors have warned that a new pregnancy can cause death due to compression of Stacy internal organs and diseases of the lungs and heart. Fortunately, their predictions have not come true. A pregnant woman with a weight of 23 kg gained another 9 pounds. Her second daughter was born with Makya rise 45 centimeters, and the girl was not a genetic disease. It is assumed that Stacey Herald is the smallest mother in the world: at present their candidacy is considered a representative of the Guinness World Records. According to statistics, the birth in women with osteogenesis imperfecta, once observed in 25 to 50 thousand cases, but the successful implementation in patients with such severe disease are less common.

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