(University of Maryland, Nicaragua): A comprehensive guide for forensic professionals that emphasizes anatomical variations and the importance of avoiding gender bias during examination.
In a rare, tragic forensic context, an autopsy on a pregnant woman who has been deceased for some time may reveal postmortem fetal extrusion (coffin birth). This occurs when putrefactive gases in the abdomen push the fetus out of the vaginal canal. Forensic pathologists must distinguish this from ante-mortem birth to ascertain if the baby was born alive. woman autopsy
For a more narrative or historical angle, explore the roots of the practice. (University of Maryland