▁women ▁also ▁described ▁the ▁events ▁surrounding ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁abort ion ▁of ▁Els ▁von ▁E yst ett ' s ▁child , ▁including ▁Els ▁herself . ▁Els ▁claimed ▁in ▁her ▁own ▁statement ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁first ▁compla ined ▁of ▁ab dom inal ▁p ains ▁to ▁Barbara . ▁Barbara ▁had ▁told ▁her ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁merely ▁suffering ▁from ▁amen orr he a , ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁she ▁would ▁mix ▁up ▁a ▁drink ▁to ▁bring ▁on ▁men stru ation . ▁Having ▁dispatch ed ▁Anna ▁von ▁Ul m ▁and ▁Marg ret te ▁von ▁Bi ber ach ▁to ▁fetch ▁ing red ients ▁from ▁the ▁market , ▁Barbara ▁then ▁mixed ▁together ▁per iw ink le , ▁clo ves , ▁car rot ▁( likely ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁d au cus ▁car ota , ▁a ▁known ▁abort ifa cient ) ▁and ▁strong ▁wine ▁into ▁a ▁hot ▁dra ug ht , ▁which , ▁Els ▁claimed , ▁she ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁drink . ▁▁▁ ▁Several ▁witness es ▁including ▁Els , ▁Marg ret te ▁von ▁Bi ber ach ▁and ▁Anna ▁von ▁Ul m ▁test ified ▁that ▁the ▁drink ▁rapidly ▁brought ▁on ▁strong ▁ab dom inal ▁p ains . ▁This ▁caused ▁Els ▁to ▁mis car ried ▁a ▁male ▁fo et us ▁which ▁Els ▁herself ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁twenty ▁weeks ▁old . ▁After ▁her ▁mis car riage ▁Els ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁work , ▁and ▁revealed ▁to ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁customer ▁what ▁had ▁happened ▁to ▁her . ▁After ▁rum ours ▁of ▁what ▁had ▁happened ▁had ▁reached ▁the ▁city ▁council , ▁but ▁before ▁the ▁latter ▁had