DELIVER DA BABY

In our second unit of our STEAM class Cure, we learned about surgeries. During that time we learned what each suffix and prefix in each surgery name mean and we have talked to two professionals about surgeries and how it connects to 2020's pandemic that caused the world to stop, COVID-19. We were supposed to show the process of the surgery from beginning to end

Interview with C-section patient

The interviewer in regular font
Erika Howard Bailey in a special font

I'm interviewing Erica Howard Bailey on Wednesday, May six at 3:55 PM. On April 19, 2004, she had a C section, the official name of that C-section, and it's called cesarean section. It's a ceremony and section is where during the birth of a baby, if the baby can not be delivered through the vaginal opening, the doctors will have to surgically cut, open the stomach to the uterus above the pubic hairline. The first decision is to cut through The stomach to expose the uterus. The second incision is where the uterus is sliced open and the baby can be born through the stomach. Ok, let’s start.

How do you feel knowing you have to get a C section?

Well, afraid. Um, no, I was nervous. Um, mostly because, um, but before they do the C-section, you have to make a decision as a parent because my daughter’s father and I weren’t married. Um, they had, I had to make a decision if something was to go wrong, which one of us moved, they would have to save. Which is difficult in it to, for anybody, let alone the parents. And, um, they also do a combination of a spinal block and an epidural. And, um, it's, that's terrifying because it's a long, extremely long needle that they use to, to numb you from your rib cage down. Um. And they do that by inserting a needle into your back and then putting a tube in your back and then putting a needle into, um, space in between your spine, spinal columns, basically, they're numbing your nerves.

Okay. how long was the cut?

 it's, um, from, one side of your pelvic bone to the other side. It's like maybe the size of your hand from the middle finger to your wrist.

Okay. How long did the operation last, prep to delivery? 

What perhaps the delivery is about 45 minutes with no complications. Um. Then, just the cutting part is usually like five minutes.

Okay. So you said you made the decision, right? 

That's correct. That's correct. 

So would you like to have this Cesarean section again if it was your choice? 

Um, no. No, not ever. 

Can you explain why?

Mmm. It's, this is getting us a Syrian section, um, is major surgery. And, um, you're down for, um, for weeks at a time. Um, I've also. Uh, had complications from the surgery. Um, particularly the epidural spinal block combination. Um, you are, not only do you have to take care of a newborn at the time. You also have to be aware of your body and you can rip stitches. At the time it was like staples and stitches. Now they do visible stitches. Um, dissolvable ones. I mean, and um,

 I mean, it's, if I had the choice, I would never do a C-section. Although, you know, it's becoming very popular for like celebrities to do it because it's quick. They can have their baby whenever they want to. Cause with vaginal births, your labor can last for days sometimes, you know, but, um, I wouldn't, um, Because of the recovery time. It's extremely, it's extremely long and tedious and the, um, and the time it takes to heal from it is, it's, it's damaging, honestly.

Okay. Well, that's all for my interview. Thank you so much.

 You're welcome

In conclusion, I feel like giving others the awareness of C-section surgeries is important because this may be a way you or a your child has been born and how it affects the mother.