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Post Mortem Births

Although rare, it is possible for pregnant women to give birth after their deaths. It is nicknamed "coffin birth," and can occur during the composition of the corpse. Between 48 to 72 hours after death, the body releases gas, and if the corpse in question belonged to a pregnant woman, a dead fetus can be expelled from it. Coffin births have occurred throughout human history, but with modern embalming techniques, it became rarer. When a corpse does not go through the embalming process, medical experts agree that post-mortem birth could take weeks or months to happen, it all depends on external factors such as outside temperature.