Woman In labour for 75 days

Subject: Woman In labour for 75 days Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:47 am

Quote :: However long it lasts, labour is a gruelling affair. So spare a thought for Joanna Krzysztonek, who endured an astonishing 75 days of it.

And as if that wasn't challenging enough, the 31-year-old was forced to lie upside down for the entire time.
Mrs Krzysztonek was pregnant with triplets when she went into labour at 21 weeks. Her first baby was born prematurely and, tragically, was too weak to survive.

The other two were in danger of suffering the same fate – until doctors stepped in to try to delay their delivery.

Quote :: She remained in the upside down position 24 hours a day for two and a half months. After 75 days – and what is believed to be the longest labour ever recorded – Mrs Krzysztonek gave birth to a healthy girl, Iga, and boy, Ignacy, at a neo-natal clinic in the Polish town of Wroclaw.