“So this is the fabled Liu Yi-wai (Unexpected Liu)!” Liu Yi-wai — or Liu Yun-tung which is her real name — is an 11-month-old baby girl, famous at the Chimei Hospital in Liuying. When her mother experienced stomach pains that did not go away after taking painkillers, she went to the hospital’s emergency ward. It was only then she found out that she was pregnant, and three hours later, she had given birth to Liu Yun-tung, who then became known at the hospital as Unexpected Liu.
The active Liu is the granddaughter of Kuo Mao-lin, village chief in Yutian Village in Tainan County’s Yujing Township. Yun-tung’s grandmother Yang Hsiu-hui says her second daughter Kuo Yu-ying has been “strong” since her childhood, and now weighs 90kg. When she had been married for a week, she developed stomach pains, but painkillers did not help. Toward the evening, she had such pains that she couldn’t stand up straight and called for an ambulance that drove her to the emergency ward at the hospital.
Before the nurse gave her a painkiller, Yang said her daughter had just been married, and that she didn’t know if she was pregnant. When the nurse gave Kuo a pregnancy test, she was stunned to find that it was positive. An ultrasound examination revealed what could be a “tumor” in the ovaries and she asked a doctor from the maternity ward to carry out an examination. Unexpectedly, the vagina had already opened and Kuo was immediately sent to the maternity ward to give birth.
When Yang heard that her daughter was giving birth, she was so surprised that she took several steps back in disbelief. She quickly informed friends and family, who told her that, “It’s not April Fools day, stop joking around.”
Because she didn’t know that she was in the club, Kuo had been busy harvesting mangos every day. When she thinks back to this period, Yang breaks out in a cold sweat. Luckily, Liu Yun-tung is healthy and active, and although she is only 11 months old, she imitates the movements of adults, and is a welcome addition among the neighbors.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY PERRY SVENSSON)
「原來這就是傳說中的劉意外！」在柳營奇美醫院產科中大名鼎鼎的「劉意外」，本名劉耘彤，是十一個月大的女嬰，她的媽媽因肚子痛吞止痛藥無效，跑到醫院「急診」時，才知懷孕，三個鐘頭內就生下劉耘彤，劉耘彤因而成為院內皆知的「劉意外」。
活潑好動的劉耘彤，是南縣玉井鄉玉田村長郭茂林的寶貝外孫女。耘彤的外婆楊秀慧說，二女兒郭玉瑩自小體格「壯碩」，體重約九十公斤，結婚後一週，因為肚子痛，吃止痛藥無效，晚間痛到無法站立，緊急請救護車送到醫院急診。
護士要打止痛針前，楊秀慧說女兒剛結婚，不知有沒有懷孕，護士進行驗孕才赫然發現呈陽性反應，超音波一照，懷疑子宮有「肉瘤」，請產科醫師檢查，沒想到陰道口已經張開，馬上轉到待產室接生。
楊秀慧聽聞女兒竟然「要生了」，嚇得倒退好幾步，直呼難以置信，趕緊通知親朋好友，大家的反應全是：「今天不是愚人節，不要開玩笑了！」
由於不知懷孕，郭玉瑩農忙期間，還天天在果園內搬運芒果，回想起來，讓楊秀慧捏了一把冷汗。幸好從未做產檢的劉耘彤長得健康活潑，儘管才十一個月大，卻會模仿大人的各種動作，是最受左鄰右舍歡迎的開心果。
（自由時報記者楊美紅）
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