Mexican woman performs own Caesarean to save baby
A woman in Mexico gave birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a
Caesarean section on herself with a kitchen knife, doctors said
Tuesday. The unidentified 40-year-old woman, who lived in a rural area
without electricity, running water or sanitation and was an eight-hour
drive from the nearest hospital, performed the operation when she could
not deliver the baby naturally. She had lost a previous baby due to
labor complications. "She took three small glasses of hard liquor and,
using a kitchen knife, sliced her abdomen in three attempts ... and
delivered a male infant that breathed immediately and cried," said Dr
R.F. Valle, of the Dr. Manuel Velasco Suarez Hospital in San Pablo,
Mexico.