‘The Walking Dead’ Why Maggie isn’t Having a Zombie Baby
Ever since Maggie’s collapse in episode 15, East, the internet has been riddled with theories that she miscarried and a zombie fetus will eat it’s way out of her.
While that would be kind of cool to see (not to Maggie!), science has debunked this idea.
Back in episode 13, The Same Boat, Maggie revealed that she is only around two months along. According to National Institute for Health,
a two month old fetus is very small, kind of like a blueberry. At this stage, the fetus has webbed fingers and toes and facial details are just starting to form. The baby doesn’t even have teeth or fingernails and the brain is beginning to develop.
So basically if the fetus dies at this stage, it isn’t something that would have the ability to tear her apart from the inside out.
So what could be wrong with Maggie?
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Scientifically
speaking, something like this
could take place. A
dying fetus can indeed affect the mother…they are
basically sharing biological
resources. So if the fetus is dying inside of her (assuming that something
is in
the air is causing the
dead to walk Maggie is breathing that air into her body)
it can also cause
Maggie’s death and her to become
a walker. This probably
isn’t the direction the show is going but it is
indeed plausible. Besides,
story
telling should not be limited to what’s scientific. Otherwise, the
Walking
Dead show itself would not exist.
Skilled writers can make anything
believable…I stress, skilled writers.
Also, it’s very possible that
they sped up the pregnancy for
the sake of TV. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve seen a pregnancy on a
show
last for a handful of
episodes.
Also, this is a show about reanimated corpses
taking over the
world. Do we really want to use
science to debunk one of these
storylines???
What’s happening to her?
Seriously? She’s having a
miscarriage, probably has sepsis because of it and dying if she doesn’t get
medical help. Just like what
happens to miscarrying women in Catholic
hospitals.
I think that
shower scene with Maggie and
Glenn had a purpose and it was
to show the bruising
around the area of her kidneys. I wouldn’t doubt if
that Savior guy didn’t
kick
and tear an internal organ like her spleen or kidney.