Woman gave birth to baby after performing Caesarean on herself with kitchen knife

[krsna]

Woman gives herself a Caesarean

 

 

 

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.

 

 

[Avinash]

I sincerely feel that the situation should not have come in which she had to take such a dastardly step.