Came home from a placental abruption resulting in a horrifying emergency c section and 2 week hospital stay and made a bad choice to watch House of the Dragon where cesareans are a death sentence. I did a bit of research and found out medieval c sections did happen but were only performed if the mother was dying anyway as it was always fatal. I understand that infection would’ve killed any surviving women back then but apparently they died during the operation anyway. So I’m confused about what killed women during the procedure it’s self? As far as I’m aware I did not receive a blood transfusion so it can’t have been blood loss which would’ve been my guess pre my own experience. Did they not have the medical tools necessary to put those women back together afterwards eg stitches? Or did they not know how to make insicions in a non fatal way?
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Since you are already a fan of HBO shows, watch the show The Knick. The very first scene and then multiple episodes throughout the first season of the show deal with the struggle to perform a successful C-section and keeping mother alive. It’s fantastic historically accurate medical show set in the early 20th century. Yes, even just about 100 years ago a C-section was fatal for the mother.
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