on herself!!
Ouch!
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - A pregnant woman in Mexico gave
birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a caesarean section
on herself with a kitchen knife, doctors said on Tuesday.
It is thought to be the first known case of a self-inflicted
caesarean in which both the mother and baby survived.
The unidentified 40-year-old, who lived in a rural area
without electricity, running water or sanitation that was an
eight-hour drive from the nearest hospital, performed the
operation when she could not deliver the baby naturally.
She had lost a previous baby due to labour complications.
"She took three small glasses of hard liquor and, using a
kitchen knife, sliced her abdomen in three attempts...and
delivered a male infant that breathed immediately and cried,"
said Dr R.F. Valle, of the Dr Manuel Velasco Suarez Hospital in
San Pablo, Mexico.
Valle recounted the event in a report in the International
Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Before losing consciousness the woman told one of her
children to call a local nurse for help. After the nurse
stitched the wound with a sewing needle and cotton thread, the
mother and baby were transferred and treated by Valle and his
colleagues at the nearest hospital.
"This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision
by a women in labour who, unable to deliver herself
spontaneously, and with no medical help or resources, decided to
perform a caesarean section upon herself," Valle said.
He added that a mother's instinct to save her child can move
a woman to perform extraordinary acts but said it would not have
been necessary if adequate medical care had been available.
Ouch!
LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - A pregnant woman in Mexico gave
birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a caesarean section
on herself with a kitchen knife, doctors said on Tuesday.
It is thought to be the first known case of a self-inflicted
caesarean in which both the mother and baby survived.
The unidentified 40-year-old, who lived in a rural area
without electricity, running water or sanitation that was an
eight-hour drive from the nearest hospital, performed the
operation when she could not deliver the baby naturally.
She had lost a previous baby due to labour complications.
"She took three small glasses of hard liquor and, using a
kitchen knife, sliced her abdomen in three attempts...and
delivered a male infant that breathed immediately and cried,"
said Dr R.F. Valle, of the Dr Manuel Velasco Suarez Hospital in
San Pablo, Mexico.
Valle recounted the event in a report in the International
Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Before losing consciousness the woman told one of her
children to call a local nurse for help. After the nurse
stitched the wound with a sewing needle and cotton thread, the
mother and baby were transferred and treated by Valle and his
colleagues at the nearest hospital.
"This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision
by a women in labour who, unable to deliver herself
spontaneously, and with no medical help or resources, decided to
perform a caesarean section upon herself," Valle said.
He added that a mother's instinct to save her child can move
a woman to perform extraordinary acts but said it would not have
been necessary if adequate medical care had been available.
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