Dead Foetus Expelled... Bladder Injury At Caesarean

The mother whose 9 months old foetus had died in her womb, was discharged the following day after she had expelled the dead foetus same day of admission - it was never determined what might have lead to the intra-uterine foetal death. No apparent cord accidents (sometimes the umbilical cord will get knotted if the baby moves about in such a manner to loop the cord into a knot!), nothing. The baby looked perfectly normal. God only knows.

A woman was Caesarean sectioned yesterday - her fourth section in a row. She had quite a bit of adhesions so much so that the Obstetrician inadvertently lacerated the urinary bladder that was then promptly repaired. No wonder then that today she painfully called the nurses attention to the fact that her lower abdomen is so painfully swollen - the urethral catheter had become blocked with blood clots from within the bladder, impeding the outward flow of urine and causing her great discomfort. Quickly I changed the Foley's catheter and was glad to observe clear, amber-coloured urine immediately flowing into the urine bag - apparently the intra-bladder bleeding was clearing up which was a good thing.