Allow me tell this story well...
So a pregnant woman, after 5 years of trial to get pregnant, finally gets pregnant. When she finally got to term (to deliver) baby was in a wrong presentation and baby was big (known as Fetal Malpresentation and Macrosomia). We advised for CS....
So a pregnant woman, after 5 years of trial to get pregnant, finally gets pregnant. When she finally got to term (to deliver) baby was in a wrong presentation and baby was big (known as Fetal Malpresentation and Macrosomia). We advised for CS....
aka Cesarean Section and this woman said "Ok I have heard". Just for her to head back to a TBA (Traditional Birth Attendant) who told her "Nonsense! You won't do CS! Come let me turn this baby for you so you can deliver by yourself!". And the TBA performed a procedure known as...
External Cephalic Version, a procedure that is performed only by OBGYNs and done under strict clinical monitoring.
After this was done, her water broke, and out came the umbilical cord, leading to Cord Prolapse and Compression.
They now BACK came to us for CS.. LoL 🤣
After this was done, her water broke, and out came the umbilical cord, leading to Cord Prolapse and Compression.
They now BACK came to us for CS.. LoL 🤣
By the time we got to the theater, we also discovered that besides the Cord Compression and Prolapse, the baby also had the Cord around the neck and was strangled in the womb. A whole healthy, beautiful, fair female 4.2kg baby was delivered DEAD ON ARRIVAL!
Now imagine if this woman has obliged for Cesarean Section in the first place, chances are too great that she'd be having her first baby alive right now.
Learn to make healthy choices as a Pregnant Woman.
STOP VISITING TBAs. Nigerians when will you hear word?!
Learn to make healthy choices as a Pregnant Woman.
STOP VISITING TBAs. Nigerians when will you hear word?!
TBAs in Nigeria's present setup lack the necessary skills or knowledge to perform live births, and lack the ability to differentiate between Normal and Complicated Pregnancies. The AUDACITY. Even a GP won't attempt ECV without OBGYN guidance but imagine a TBA performing one.
What's my own sef?! I'm just putting this out here so that others who do put the their lives and the lives of their babies (their future) in the hands of unregulated quacks will desist and have a little bit of common sense. One day monkey go enter market, e no go come back.
End.
End.
Came BACK* to us for CS. Also, please pardon my sarcasm there with the laughter. Thank You 🙏🏽
PS: I apologise for not being so empathetic in this thread. I guess I wrote this with all the rage, pain and regret I have seen in the eyes of these Pregnant Women who lost lives and I displayed that rage and pain by passing a hard message with hard sarcasm.
I'm sorry 😔😔😔
I'm sorry 😔😔😔
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