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I saw my first up close birth of a baby.

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  • I saw my first up close birth of a baby.

    Last night was one of the craziest nights I have ever experienced at the hospital. I was waiting to assist on a hernia operation, when my instructor tells me "Do you want to do a C-section?" I said "No, I'll do the hernia." 30 sec's later I changed my mind and ran down to the labor and delivery floor. I met my preceptor and he says "We have 20 minutes to setup." I thought to myself "That's good, at least we have some time."

    So we walked into the operating room, the second my hand touched the supplies the door flew open. The nurses were bringing the patient in and "Code Purple" was being announced. Code Purple means the mother is in distress. So it went from a calm room to organized chaos. There were doctors and nurses running in, the mom was crying, everything moved at the speed of light. I was opening supplies and throwing the wrappers on the floor and the nurse was cleaning up behind me. They get the mother on the bed and announce "The cord is around the baby's neck." Once the mother was put to sleep it took only 3 minutes to get the baby out. It was so weird actually seeing a live birth, it looks way different than tv. The baby was a little purple, but once the doctors started working on him, he started crying just like a newborn does. After the baby was out things calmed down a little, but the mother was still bleeding heavily. Once the bleeding was stopped it seemed like time went back to normal. In the end both mom and baby are ok.

  • #2
    Ahh the beauty of life Such a marvel. And how can such beauty exist without a creator?
    Achkerov kute.

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    • #3
      So you got a chance to slap that baby to make it cry? It should have been fun
      You said it took 3 min to get a baby out? It's rather quick (I can't tell anything since I didn't have your experience)..is it because the mother was put asleep?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by !EEK
        So you got a chance to slap that baby to make it cry? It should have been fun
        You said it took 3 min to get a baby out? It's rather quick (I can't tell anything since I didn't have your experience)..is it because the mother was put asleep?

        It was an emergency c-section. Once the mother was put to sleep, the baby has to be taken out as quickly as possible. If it takes to long to get the baby out, the drugs that were given to the mother will travel to the baby and that's not a goodthing. Plus the cord was around the baby's neck, so that made it even more of an emergency.

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        • #5
          Emil, how nasty did the mother look after wards? I mean, you know, in "there".
          Achkerov kute.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Anonymouse
            Emil, how nasty did the mother look after wards? I mean, you know, in "there".

            He can't say it, you'know.... medical secrecy...

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Anonymouse
              Emil, how nasty did the mother look after wards? I mean, you know, in "there".

              It wasn't a vaginal birth. The baby was taken out through an incision in the lower part of the stomach. So the vagina looked normal, nothing came out of it.

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              • #8
                So THAT'S what a C-section is.
                Achkerov kute.

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                • #9
                  No ...anonymouse wanted pics

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                  • #10
                    I liked reading what you posted Emil. Not sure why, but maybe it has to do with a beautiful thing (give birth) a woman can do. Just too bad that not every woman can give birth. :-(

                    The baby was a little purple, but once the doctors started working on him, he started crying just like a newborn does.
                    Now THAT is a big relief. To hear the baby cry that is.

                    Originally posted by Anonymouse
                    So THAT'S what a C-section is.
                    I see...

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