ouch. Mexican woman performs own Caesarean to save baby LONDON (Reuters) - A woman in Mexico gave birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a Caesarean section on herself with a kitchen knife, doctors said Tuesday. The unidentified 40-year-old woman, who lived in a rural area without electricity, running water or sanitation 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 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 labor who, unable to deliver herself spontaneously, and with no medical help or resources, decided to perform a Caesarean section upon herself," Valle said. © Copyright Reuters Ltd. All rights reserved. The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of Reuters Ltd.
I don't know, it did take her three tries to get through the abdominal wall. She should always keep her kitchen knives sharpened in case something like this happens again...
Exact opposite of this lovely looking woman. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040405-1331-wst-mothercharged.html
who the hell got a picture of my wife on here. no seriously who are you and why do you have a picture of my wife. im coming for you. and were you trying to be sarcastic when you said "lovely"???????????????
Was it pretty easy to get approval to post this message, then? Man, this kid won't get to complain about anything, or catch any breaks. "Oh, you've got a bit of a sore throat and don't want to go to school? Well I sliced open my own damn belly so you could be here today, so put your boots on and get on the bus."
