Miscellaneous

And You Thought Your Labor Contractions Were Bad

Ladies: I know how hard it is to deliver a child into the world; I've seen it, without drugs (my wife didn't have them either). I know about the "ring of fire." It didn't look like a pleasant experience. Believe you me, I could never be a woman -- I could never imagine my pelvic bones shape shifting.

But can you imagine what it might be like to give birth to a baby while you're hanging from a tree!

A pregnant woman in Papua New Guinea who was hung from a tree after being accused of sorcery gave birth to her baby while struggling to free herself.

Nolan Yekum and her husband Paul were dragged from their house and hung from a tree by fellow tribesmen who accused them of sorcery after the couple's neighbour suddenly died.

Errrr -- If you can give birth while hanging from a rope, I don't think that sorcery charge is too off the mark.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).