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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The current lower segment caesarean section is relatively new where the cut is made parallel to the pelvis lower on the tummy. This reduces the bleeding and risk if other organ damage.
The intestines and some of the organs in the tummy are wrapped around by a thin layer of tissue called peritoneum. In olden times ( upto even 100 y ago) the cut was made straight through the centre of the tummy. This meant the peritoneum was opened up. That cause a lot of bleeding and also risk of inner organ injury.
The original caesarean sections comes from the fact that the baby was removed so that mother and baby could be buried separately.
TLDR
CUT CRAZY IN TO THE CENTRE – CAUSE INJURY – MOTHER DIE
Edit : I forgot about oxytocin which makes the uterus contract and that stops bleeding. A soft lax uterus will bleed out like crazy.
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