The baby was born with its head stuck in the mother's vagina.
On the way to the hospital, the mother gave birth prematurely; the baby's feet came out, but its head remained stuck inside due to a breech presentation.
On June 20th, a pregnant woman, in her second full-term pregnancy, was transferred from the Ba To District Health Center to Quang Ngai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital for emergency treatment. She was diagnosed with breech presentation. On the way to the hospital, she went into labor suddenly and gave birth in the vehicle. Due to the breech presentation, half of the baby's body emerged first, while the head remained stuck in the mother's vagina.
Both mother and child were brought to the hospital with the baby unable to fully exit the birth canal. Upon admission, doctors determined the baby was in a life-threatening situation and activated an internal hospital red alert.
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The mother and child are continuing to have their health monitored at the hospital.Photo provided by the hospital. |
Dr. Dinh Thi My Hoa, who directly provided emergency care, said that when the fetus arrived at the hospital, it was very weak, and a delay of just a few minutes could have been fatal. The doctors had to immediately deliver the baby's head from the mother's vagina. The baby boy, weighing 2.7 kg, was born but did not cry, had an irregular heartbeat, and his skin was cyanotic.
The doctors worked together to intubate the baby to maintain an open airway and performed external chest compressions. After 5 minutes of intensive resuscitation, the baby began to cry and showed signs of improvement. Currently, both mother and baby are in stable condition and are being continuously monitored.
According to Dr. Hoa, normally during childbirth, the baby's head comes out of the mother's vagina first, known as cephalic presentation. If the baby's feet and knees come out first, it is called breech presentation, a fetal abnormality that occurs in about 5% of births. If not diagnosed early and treated properly, breech presentation can increase the risk of complications for the mother and increase the mortality rate for the baby at birth.
