07/10/2025
WOW, THE WORLD!
It was an emergency surgery — a delivery.
Unfortunately, what was removed had no life in it.
Before the operation began, she asked me,
“Doctor, will the baby come out alive?”
I encouraged her, telling her that for now, our biggest concern was to save her life — although the scan had already shown that the baby was not alive.
When we went in, we encountered a major problem — her womb had ruptured so severely that it couldn’t be stitched back together. The only option was to remove it completely.
The biggest tragedy is that this was her third delivery, and none of the babies survived.
The first was at home after two days of labour. The baby came out lifeless and had already started decomposing.
The second was through surgery after long, painful labour that lasted days. The baby died two hours after delivery.
At her discharge then, the doctor advised that if she ever became pregnant again, she shouldn’t wait for labour — a scheduled surgery should be done as soon as the pregnancy reached nine months.
They accepted the advice wholeheartedly, but unfortunately, on the very day they were supposed to come for the surgery, her husband travelled, and his phone was unreachable.
Her sister-in-law (the husband’s sister) was happy about the situation, thinking the baby would be delivered naturally — because the last time, her brother had to sell his precious possession to pay for the surgery.
They called a traditional birth attendant (TBA) who struggled with her for hours. The woman even gave her labour-inducing drugs and poured hot water on her abdomen to “strengthen” contractions.
That’s what caused the rupture of the uterus, leading to her being rushed to the hospital unconscious.
In the end, her life was saved — but…
She’s only 20 years old.
She has no child.
She has no womb.
And she has no chance of ever giving birth again.
Now that she has regained consciousness, we’re wondering how we can explain this situation to her