Hello Ken, An ectopic pregnancy means that the baby has implanted in the tubes from the ova to the womb. In the old days once the baby had 'outgrown' its home the tube would bust and the poor mother could then bleed to death. This would usually happen in early pregnancy and in some cases this would happen before the mother realised she was pregnant. So the answer is that it is probable that the foetus was still inside the mother or regretfully part of the debris if they had tried to operate to save the mother. Today when an ectopic pregnancy is discovered then the mother would have to have an operation to remove the foetus and often the tube, hopefully before it busts. Still a mega peril of pregnancy. Best Wishes, Dorri ---------------------------------------- > From: thewanderer@iburst.co.za > To: SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 21:26:07 +0200 > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] I have to ask the Question [!!!] > > Mye Goodye Cosynes !!! > > If a woman dies at child birth with the child from a 'Ruptured ectopic', say > in 1940 in Rhodesia, in a main hospital there, and I clearly do not know if > the child was actually born or removed from the mother, what happens to the > child or foetus ?. I have only the grave of the mother, so I suppose the > mother and child are buried together, the child still inside the mother ?. > Do you think that would be the case ?. > > Yours Sincerely, > Sir Ken Markham, K.C.B. (95) > ===================================== > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message