Woman performs csection on self - Page 2

[melaniewb]

It's on CNN too

[MamaMonica]

Wow- that is heartwrenching and horrifying at the same time.

[Bestbirths]

Wow! This is an amazing story, I would have to lean more to thinking it was an urban legend though. If it is true.....Wow!

[turquoise]

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Poor momma to have to go through that all alone. She must have been willing to die for the baby!

[Kelly71]

What is interesting is that if she called for the nurse after the c-section, why didn't she call before she did the c-section?

[tricia80]

I think she only cared that the child survived... didnt it say she had a previous baby die or something... i think its true... i dont think cnn or msnbc would even post an article if it was a hoax... ppl do the craziest things trying to survive..



i would do whatever it takes to save my child.... im amazed at how incredibly strong she is to go through with it...

[famousmockngbrd]

Originally posted by Gemini
Would MSNBC have an article on an urban legend??

Well, I believe they would, but this particular article claims to have also been an article in the International Journal of Obstetrics or something - I'm going to take a quick look and see if I find it anywhere.

OT but did anyone read the article below the c-section one (in the list) about "entertainment" ultrasounds? : When I was pg I used to post on a different message board and a lot of people there were talking about going to the mall for a 4-D ultrasound. A few people were like, "Hey, um d'ya think that might not be safe???" But most people didn't have a problem with them.

ETA - Well, I looked at the IJGO website but I didn't find the article. It appears that you have to be a member to read all the articles, though.

[Mizelenius]

“This case represents an unusual and extraordinary decision by a women in labor who, unable to deliver herself spontaneously, and with no medical help or resources, decided to perform a Caesarean section upon herself,” Valle said

This says it all . . .WOW.

[jannan]

i'll wait to hear if it is on Democarcy Now tomorro morning.
can you guys imagine amy goodman (Now, SHE'S on hell of a woman!) interviewing this woman with co-host Juan GOnzalez?

[UmmSamiyah]

Wow! That is freaking amazing! I don't think it is a hoax though. even with the lack of further information

[candiland]

How did she know the baby was distressed enough to need an emergency c/birth right away?

Intuition?

Did she have a fetoscope and she heard very low heart tones?

Did she feel a prolapsed cord?

I want to know HOW she knew she need a cesarean so quickly.... so...... drastically

[annakiss]

Conversation between DH & I twenty seconds ago:

ak: "Did you see this? A woman performed a c-section on herself."

DH: "What?"

ak: "A woman performed a c-section on herself."

DH: "Now that's 'Taking Charge of Your Fertility.'" :

[pilesoflaundry]

Originally posted by annakiss
Conversation between DH & I twenty seconds ago:

ak: "Did you see this? A woman performed a c-section on herself."

DH: "What?"

ak: "A woman performed a c-section on herself."

DH: "Now that's 'Taking Charge of Your Fertility.'" :

: Sounds like something my dh would say.

BTW this part might explain what prompted her to do this:

and 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 labor complications

She might have figured she could lose the baby either way but wanted to at least give him a chance.

[LavenderMae]

Another WOW, what a mama.

[pamamidwife]

Originally posted by candiland
How did she know the baby was distressed enough to need an emergency c/birth right away?

Intuition?

Did she have a fetoscope and she heard very low heart tones?

Did she feel a prolapsed cord?

I want to know HOW she knew she need a cesarean so quickly.... so...... drastically

ummm....maybe because so many women in Mexico get c-sections and are told that they cannot birth "normally".

Wait - that's in the US. :

[Joyce in the mts.]

Already posted:
http://mothering.com/discussions/sho...hreadid=131852

[Greaseball]

Funny how vaginal homebirths are given very little support, but a home cesarean is.:

What about women who deliver vaginally at home after being told repeatedly they must have a c-section because of their "abnormal body?" Why aren't they up for sainthood? How about women who defy the court-ordered cesarean, like the one who left the hospital and delivered vaginally at another hospital? I think they are the real heroes.

Mainstream news sources have run hoaxes before, when they did not know they were hoaxes. It's possible something like this could have happened, but only on an extreme stroke of luck. How could a kitchen knife be sharp enough? How did the woman know where to cut? A lot of people think it's just making a big cut and taking the baby out, but it's not - that's not the right way to do it, anyway. How did she not cut the baby? And assuming she was planning to go to the hospital anyway, why weren't better plans for transportation made? Don't they have an ambulance in Mexico?

But I guess now when people say to homebirthers "What if you need a c-section and can't get to the hospital in time?" we know what to tell them!

[pamamidwife]

This story, to me, is horrific and sad. I think there's something that we're not getting with this story. I don't think this woman is necessarily a hero, but rather a victim - I think that what she did was probably a result of programming from the medical community, where she was willing to risk both of their lives to perform this act. I wonder if another person was involved.

If she could call the nurse and get to the hospital, why didn't she do that before? Seems to me that you'd risk killing both yourself and your child doing this if the hospital was so far away.

My stomach was sick hearing this story. I must be the only person to feel that this is just a result of medical brainwashing and deep grief.

Women in Mexico see far higher rates of cesarean than here in the US. Rural women with little or no money face a double harsh reality.

[lilyka]

I can only think of how terrified she was. the baby was probably fine but she just freaked when thing started looking similar to what they had when she lost her previous child. I can't imagine laboring totallyalone. Transition puts some weird thoughts into my head.

+Also comsider what when through her mind while she was pregnant. Perhaps she chose a UA because she partly blamed the medical establishment for her last birth or maybe she just couldn't afford anyone. Then she spends nine months or so thinking what will I do if somehting goes wrong. Aalyzing what went wrong last time, guessing each step what it was. The she goes into labor and in no time at all her mind goes streight to "OMG it is happening again!" doesn't matter what reality was. I know when I am in labor every hour seems like an eternity and i have reletively short labors. Imagine what she started to think if it was taking some time. Sopo she freaks because her mind juumps to the worst case scenario and she would rather die before being responsible for her childs death and goes to the back up plan that had been floating in her mind for the last 9 months. It was already there probably and she only needed a reason, real or contrived to convince her it was time. Sorry this is how my mind works (or doesn't) whenI am pregnant and part of the reason we won't be having any more.

Although maybe if more people took a few shots of hard liquer instead of an epidural we would have fewer complications from anestesia

[Greaseball]

I could not perform a c-section on myself without risking death to me and my baby (heck, I'm too clumsy to walk and talk on a cell phone at the same time!).

If I thought we were going to die, I'd rather we die in peace and not in agony with a profuse wound.