Re: Brain Dead Va. Woman Gives Birth To Daughter

On 3 Aug 2005 05:45:25 -0700, netuser_axel@xxxxxxxxx swore to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but instead wrote:

>
>Carmen wrote:
<snip>
>> Okay, I had to know the answer so I looked it up. The birth weight
>> was given as 1 pound, 13 ounces = .82 kg. Merck has a chart online
>> for expected range of weight given gestational age for a fetus in
>> utero:
>> http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/figures/260fig1.jsp
>> The news stories state the fetal age is estimated by doctors to be ~7
>> months, or 28 weeks. Using the chart, the baby is within the expected
>> appropriate weight for that gestational age. McMystery solved.

>Nice info!
>Thanks Carmen

Yeah but if she keeps inserting facts into the random speculation and
wild guesses she will be asked to leave Usenet ;)

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