FussyPucker
04-07-2004, 12:29 PM
Baby was born healthy
A woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a Caesarean on
herself with a kitchen knife.
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, lived in a rural area of Mexico without
electricity or running water, and eight hours from the nearest hospital.
The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics reported the case.
The woman performed the operation when she could not deliver the baby
naturally, having lost a previous baby due to labour complications.
Hard liquor
Dr R Valle, of the Dr Manuel Velasco Suarez Hospital in San Pablo, Mexico,
said: "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."
This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision by a woman in
labour
Dr R Valle
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 Dr Valle and his
colleagues at the nearest hospital.
"This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision by a woman in
labour who, unable to deliver herself spontaneously, and with no medical
help or resources, decided to perform a caesarean section upon herself," he
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.
A woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a Caesarean on
herself with a kitchen knife.
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, lived in a rural area of Mexico without
electricity or running water, and eight hours from the nearest hospital.
The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics reported the case.
The woman performed the operation when she could not deliver the baby
naturally, having lost a previous baby due to labour complications.
Hard liquor
Dr R Valle, of the Dr Manuel Velasco Suarez Hospital in San Pablo, Mexico,
said: "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."
This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision by a woman in
labour
Dr R Valle
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 Dr Valle and his
colleagues at the nearest hospital.
"This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision by a woman in
labour who, unable to deliver herself spontaneously, and with no medical
help or resources, decided to perform a caesarean section upon herself," he
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.