Comatose Menstruation

[Hern]

My girlfriend asked me a question last night regarding people in comas. Why she thought that I would have any idea about the answer, being a software enginner and maths graduate, beats the hell out of me but that's the price of being a smart alec, I guess.

Anyhow, the question is simply "Do women in comas still menstruate?"

Don't blame me...it's her question!

[Ca3799]

yes.

[One And Only Wanderers]

You occasionally see a prosecution in the papers where a care worker impregnates a woman in a coma.....

[DrLiver]

Sorry to hijack this a little bit:
(I can bring this to another thread if you like, but I'll try my luck here anyhow)

In the case Carl_A_Norris mentioned; would a woman who's in the coma be able to 'make' (I'm not sure of the wording here, maybe 'concieve' would be better) a healthy baby?

(/hijack)

[Surreal]

[continued hijack]

I can't find a cite, but there was a case about 6 or 7 years ago where some guy impregnated a brain-dead comatose woman, and the women's parents didn't abort it because of their religious beliefs.

I think the baby turned out physically healthy, but what happens when he finds out the truth about his conception?

[/continued hijack]

[Surreal]

Found it. I was wrong about her being brain dead, though.

http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/OSV/96mar24.html

[xcheopis]

Originally posted by DrLiver
would a woman who's in the coma be able to 'make' (I'm not sure of the wording here, maybe 'concieve' would be better) a healthy baby?
If she's receiving proper nutrition and is otherwise healthy, then there's no reason she wouldn't have a normal child.