Caesarean Section (CS) is not harmful, so religious leaders and Nigerians should stop demonizing it, a doctor has urged.
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Caesarean section, also known as C-section or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother’s abdomen, often performed because vaginal delivery would put the baby or mother at risk.
This warning was sent on Twitter by @drpenking as he described the heartbreaking case of a labouring lady who refused to have CS and ultimately lost both her baby and womb.
He said the woman had an obstructed labour and was advised to do CS to save her life and that of the baby but she refused because her pastor told her she will ‘deliver like the Hebrew women.
He claimed that despite being urged to undergo CS to save both the mother’s and the child’s lives due to obstructed labour, the woman declined since her preacher had assured her that she would “deliver like the Hebrew women.”
Sadly, according to him, she developed more complications in the process, the baby died in her uterus and her womb had to be evacuated.
Dr Penking urged Nigerians to stop criticizing CS because it’s a life-saving procedure and doesn’t make a woman less of a woman.
He tweeted,
“She had an obstructed labour. The Doctor on call decided on CS. She said that her pastor told her that she’ll deliver “like the Hebrew women” and besides they don’t use to do CS in her family. She asked to be taken to church. She was later rushed back to the hospital
She had had a uterine rupture with total myometrial and serosal disruption. The baby was floating in the peritoneum, dead. The uterus was bleeding like an ocean and could not be repaired. It was removed. The child was her first child. She lost her first child and lost her womb for life.
Stop demonizing CS. It is a life-saving procedure and nothing is wrong with it. For all pastors who keep making women lose their children by telling them lies, God will ask you on your dying bed.
CS does not make you less of a woman.
Having CS doesn’t mean you are a weakling
Having CS doesn’t make you inferior
Stop demonizing CS” he wrote.
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