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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One thing other people haven’t mentioned is that we have anaesthetic these days.
So not only did they have to contend with the complications of the surgery itself, they also had to deal with a patient who could feel every cut and movement inside them they made, meaning they likely moved around a lot, bled a lot more and caused far more trauma than a medicated person today.
By anaesthetic/medicated I mean epidurals as well a sedatives as most women often can’t be put to sleep in the usual way people are for surgeries during c sections.
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