Mother gives birth by pulling baby's head until skull is broken
Seeing the baby's head coming out but unable to push, the mother used her hand to squeeze the baby's head and pulled hard, causing a piece of the baby's scalp to tear and a piece of skull to collapse.
A Ma Kong ethnic woman in Thuong Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province, gave birth at home. Three days after giving birth, the baby had a high fever and refused to breastfeed. The family took the baby to the clinic to ask for medicine, but the doctor explained that the baby had to be taken to the emergency room.
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The boy is receiving special care at the hospital. Photo: LN |
On the evening of April 12, the child was taken to the emergency room at the Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi in a critical condition, with high fever, difficulty breathing, refusing to breastfeed, emaciated, severe neonatal infection, and a bleeding wound on the top of the head. Taking an X-ray, doctors discovered a bone fragment on the right side of the baby's head measuring about 1.5x1 cm had been destroyed.
After intensive resuscitation, doctors stitched up the wound. The child is now out of danger and receiving special care.
According to the family, because the house was far from the medical station and the mother went into labor late at night, her family did not have time to take her to the medical station and let her give birth at home. While the husband ran to call the medical staff, the mother at home during labor saw the baby's head protruding but could not push, so she used her hands to squeeze the baby's head and pull it out.
This is the mother's third birth. The first two times she gave birth at home.
Doctors advise pregnant women to have regular check-ups and manage their pregnancy well. When there are signs of labor, pregnant women should go to the nearest medical station to give birth, avoiding giving birth at home, which can lead to many dangerous complications that threaten the lives of both mother and baby.n children.
According to VNE
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