Her confidence was unparalled. Such faith when compared to the potential size of the biblical mustard seed would not only move mountains but the heavens.
Every medical advice from her physician was like pouring water on stone. She was more stubborn than a mule. She responded repeatedly that her previous pregnancies were Big Babies and if she could deliver them then, why not now? She drifted with her defence into spirituality and adopting herself as a HEBREW WOMAN, a Zionite...
Few days later, her labor set in, she visited the clinic by 8am and clinical examination was assuring as the first stage of labor was said to be progressive.
Then came the tempter of Job, the accuser of brethren at the eleventh hour. It was a cascade of troubles. She had series of urge to bear down but all her efforts could not hold any water, the harder she tried the weaker she became, the baby could no longer decend. Few minutes later came trickles of frank blood through her vagina, her genital tract had been lacerated. To facilitate the labour, her membrane was ruptured and a thick greenish liquor gushed out like unchained furious mob (indicating fetal distress).
She was adviced by the midwife to opt for Ceaserean delivery but like one under a spell, kept reiterating the words of the scripture, "I can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me" amidst her obstructed labour, bleeding, dying weakness and fetal distress.
Perceiving the imminent danger of loosing both wife and baby one of the midwives sneaked out of the labour room and whispered softly these piercing words into the ears of her husband, itching for a good news, "Oga, you may loose both your wife and daughter if you don't consent to C/S". This sent a very strong impulse to his spine and necessitated the surgery but one cannot undue the damage already done. What a provocative scenario, what foolishness (MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE), what a waste, what a loss. She was revived but lost the baby she had been praying for, a male child, for her previous four pregnancies were all females.
Complications of Big Baby
Some of the complications have been highlited in the story above. There are both maternal and fetal complications . Those worth discussing will be given attention.
Maternal complications of Big Baby
Prolapse: this is the alteration in the anatomical position of organs with decent. It is due to damage of nerves supplying the supporting structures of the pelvic organs by the passage of the big baby. It may affect the uterus, vagina, bladder or rectum with resultant urinary embarrassment and affect sexual activity. Most women think themselves as strong when they deliver babies as big as 5kg but most pay the price later in life. It usually occurs later in life.
Diabetic retinopathy: uncontrolled sugar causing damage to the retina and resulting in blindness.
Fetal complications of Big Baby
This also includes
She was adviced by the midwife to opt for Ceaserean delivery but like one under a spell, kept reiterating the words of the scripture, "I can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me" amidst her obstructed labour, bleeding, dying weakness and fetal distress.
Perceiving the imminent danger of loosing both wife and baby one of the midwives sneaked out of the labour room and whispered softly these piercing words into the ears of her husband, itching for a good news, "Oga, you may loose both your wife and daughter if you don't consent to C/S". This sent a very strong impulse to his spine and necessitated the surgery but one cannot undue the damage already done. What a provocative scenario, what foolishness (MY PEOPLE PERISH FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE), what a waste, what a loss. She was revived but lost the baby she had been praying for, a male child, for her previous four pregnancies were all females.
Complications of Big Baby
Some of the complications have been highlited in the story above. There are both maternal and fetal complications . Those worth discussing will be given attention.
Maternal complications of Big Baby
Prolapse: this is the alteration in the anatomical position of organs with decent. It is due to damage of nerves supplying the supporting structures of the pelvic organs by the passage of the big baby. It may affect the uterus, vagina, bladder or rectum with resultant urinary embarrassment and affect sexual activity. Most women think themselves as strong when they deliver babies as big as 5kg but most pay the price later in life. It usually occurs later in life.
Diabetic retinopathy: uncontrolled sugar causing damage to the retina and resulting in blindness.
Fetal complications of Big Baby
This also includes
- Congenital anomalies
- Unexplained fetal or infant death
- Respiratory distress syndrome
- Metabolic syndrome; including hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hypocalcemia
- Birth trauma; including clavicular and limb fractures and Brachial plexus nerve injury.
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