I am in awe! I don’t know if I would do that if I got into the kind of situation described below. Now, that is what being a real mother is, I think.
Mexican Woman Performs Own Caesarean to Save BabyLONDON (Reuters) - A pregnant woman in Mexico gave birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a caesarean section on herself with a kitchen knife, doctors said on Tuesday.
(Link via Dean’s World)
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Ohh Man!! That surely sent shivers down my spine! :shocked:
Posted by: pseudofreud at April 8, 2004 9:33 AM
And kept me gulping my own saliva for the next 2 minutes….just reading it!
Posted by: pseudofreud at April 8, 2004 9:36 AM
I agree, pseudofreud! That is some dedication this woman had towards her baby to have risked her life like that for the baby’s safety. I wonder how many others would be capable of even entertaining such a thought…especially in an age where getting rid of babies fetuses is looked upon as an inalienable right.
Posted by: Shanti at April 8, 2004 11:50 AM
Oh my God!
Posted by: ripples at April 8, 2004 1:14 PM
ewww.. it gave me knots in my stomach. But then I know an Indian woman who was mistakenly locked into the bathroom by her 2 year old who later didnt know how to open the latch from outside. There was no one else in the house. She kept banging the door from inside with whatever she could find. Finally she broke open the lower part of the somewhat rotting door with her bare hands and slid out from under it with her hand and her back badly scratched. She happens to be a frail woman but showed a lot of courage and determination. Mothers are like that, wired genetically to protect their kids :)
Posted by: Sanjay Vyas at April 10, 2004 7:15 AM
I agree, Sanjay - I keep going back to the saying, “The most dangerous place on earth is between a mother and her child”.
Posted by: Shanti at April 10, 2004 9:29 AM