Texsox Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Link here 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 The information contained In this news report may not be published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of Reuters Ltd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Tex, great article, but I keep losing track of you because your sig keeps changing every five minutes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Glad everyone turned out healthy, but that is gross... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 That takes much strength and determination. to her and the baby's health! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 :puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 Tex, great article, but I keep losing track of you because your sig keeps changing every five minutes!! AFter the loss yesterday, I had to switch from green to yellow, but the yellow was too much. I expect to switch to green before long. It's by avatar that really bugs me. I haven't found one I really like, and that is how I scan most threads. What is funny is over time, I expect people to look like their avatars, I swear cwsox must look like Eminem or I'll be confused Of course that is not true in your case I heard the story on the radio and knew I had to share it. It tok a few minutes to find the link. Amazing, a woman in Mexico gives birth this way and a Journal in London reports about it. Would that have been possible 25, 50, 100 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 6, 2004 Author Share Posted April 6, 2004 That's the worse HMO I've heard of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Glad everyone turned out healthy, but that is gross... That reminds me of that scene at the beginning of the movie "Payback" where Mel Gibson gets a bullet taken out of his back by a drunk guy with a glass of whiskey and a scalpel. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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