8 months pregnant, a 31-year-old young woman goes to the emergency room of the CHRU in Lille because she feels severe abdominal pain, report a item from the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. Doctors who analyze it find nothing abnormal, and the fetus’ heart rate is stable. But, the pains of the mother-to-be persist and the analgesic treatment administered fails to relieve her. Specialists therefore decide to perform a CT angiogram and observe a rupture of the lining of the uterus (called uterine rupture), a dangerous complication for both the mother and the fetus. It is then that a miraculous clinical case occurs: the fetus comes to “press” its back against the ruptured area of the uterine muscle, saving the life of both its mother and hers.
The baby’s back made like a “sucker”
A cesarean had to be carried out urgently. Doctors then observed that the uterine muscle was ruptured by almost ten centimeters at the level of the scar of a previous cesarean section. X-ray images revealed that the back of the fetus was stuck to the tear.
“In this case, there is then a sucking effect: the baby’s back is sucked in by the uterine breach that it will completely seal. Everything happens as if the baby’s back was making a suction cup. By pressing on the circular opening. of the wall of the uterus, the fetal lumbar spine prevents the water bag from coming out and eventually rupturing “reports The world.
Dr Charles Garabedian, obstetrician from the CHRU Lille, announced the baby was in good health. He added that the newborn “presented, however, a large lump in the back due to the significant suction of the lumbar region through the uterine breach (…) which resolved itself in a few minutes. time”.
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