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If a woman is pregnant w quadruplets and looses one baby. what happens to that baby? is the baby absorbed into body?
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Yes.: As the attached image demonstrates any fetal demise with ongoing pregnancy will result in mummification of the lost fetus (papyraceous) that can sometimes be seen as part of the placenta/afterbirth. A fetal demise in more advanced gestational age may not always lead to complete reabsorption but rather an incomplete autolysis and dehydration of the retained embryo.
Answered 9/3/2018
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