Just read this "woman does own C-section"

Nurses General Nursing

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Does this shock you? My mouth is still open.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4677630/

Specializes in Trauma ICU, MICU/SICU.

Wow... I don't think I could've done it. She's amazing. I hope all ends well.

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What a woman!! :saint:

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Don't believe EVERYTHING you read...:specs:

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Specializes in Rehab, Step-down,Tele,Hospice.

Umm I think I read that same story in "Gone with the Wind " part II (forget the real name of book) Scarlett gave herself a C/S on the kitchen table.

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Don't believe EVERYTHING you read...:specs:

I don't, but I just thought it was of interest to share. Some part COULD be true, like, the woman was pregnant....

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After working in the ED the last 2 years...Anything is possible! :)

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I don't, but I just thought it was of interest to share. Some part COULD be true, like, the woman was pregnant....

So true! lol

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

I don't buy it.

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Don't believe EVERYTHING you read...:specs:
I don't believe everything I read either. Thankfully, this Internet thingy makes it easy to research. I Googled that journal's title, clicked on its link and found the article (March 2004 issue). I could only read the abstract of the article because you have to be a subscriber to get the full thing. But it looks legit!
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I have no doubt that the article and journal are legit... but who's to say that the story is... but who knows -- perhaps only that poor woman in Mexico...

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Specializes in Acute Med, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.

i cracked up at the part where she "downed three glasses of hard liqour". i guess sometimes drinking when you're pregnant is ok. :chuckle

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I don't buy it.

Neither do I. There are some facts missing here. I mean, if she had her child call the nurse, why didn't SHE do it in the first place? The nurse probably would have known what to do.

The story just doesn't sit right with me for some reason. Like someone else said, "Don't believe everything you read."

Covering my own tail, if this did in fact happen, my apologies to the lady - you are truly an amazing woman. I could not have done it.

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