After delivering the baby, the doctor suddenly heard a small noise from the pregnant woman, and her face darkened

The ancients used to say that “the door of birth is the door of death” implying that every time a woman gives birth, one more time a woman faces life-threatening dangers. Those dangerous situations not only happen during childbirth, but even when “the mother is round and the child is square”, postpartum complications are still lurking and coming at any time. And if not treated promptly, the mother’s life can hardly be preserved.

After a year of marriage, Minh Minh (living in China) was diagnosed with twins by a doctor. However, because of his weak physical condition, he pregnant Therefore, the doctor asked her to eat, drink and rest according to a separate regimen to ensure the health of both mother and baby.

Fortunately, the first 2 trimesters passed quite smoothly, only when entering the last 3 months, Minh Minh was a little short of amniotic fluid, so he had to drink more water. One morning at 35 weeks, this pregnant mother had just finished eating breakfast when suddenly contractions appeared. The family quickly brought Minh Minh to the hospital. Here, the doctor suggested that the woman give birth by cesarean section because she was pregnant with twins, but Minh Minh heard that a natural birth would be good for both mother and child, so he decided to give birth naturally.

After giving birth, suddenly Minh Minh coughed for a few hours, the doctor turned pale and yelled at the nurse to prepare the operating room (Artwork).

And after 4 hours of struggle, the twins were finally born. The nurse quickly picked up the baby and informed the family, while Minh Minh stayed in the delivery room for further monitoring. While nurses, doctors and everyone else were busy delivering births to other women, Minh Minh suddenly coughed lightly.

A doctor standing next to her darkened her face when she heard the cough, and shouted loudly to ask the nurse to go prepare the operating room urgently. And as the doctor predicted, Minh Minh had amniotic fluid embolism – a dangerous condition that threatens the mother’s life. But fortunately, she was discovered by the doctor in time, so she escaped from the “death door”.

Thanks to timely first aid, Minh Minh escaped from the “door of death” (Artwork).

What is amniotic fluid embolism and how dangerous is it for pregnant women?

Amniotic fluid embolism is a rare but serious condition that occurs when amniotic fluid – the fluid that surrounds a baby in the uterus – or fetal “matter” such as fetal cells, according to information from the Mayo Clinic. , hair … enters the mother’s bloodstream causing an allergic reaction. This allergic reaction causes respiratory failure, acute circulatory failure, anaphylaxis, blood clotting … putting the mother at high risk of death.

There are many causes of amniotic fluid embolism such as rupture of membranes in women, cervix and uterine pressure higher than maternal venous pressure or rupture of uterine veins. In addition, there are a number of factors that increase the risk of amniotic fluid embolism, including: uterine overdistention, preterm placental abruption, trauma, stillbirth, multiple births, use of oxytocin during labor, older mother…

Importantly, amniotic fluid embolism does not only occur during delivery, but can also occur soon after a woman has given birth. Therefore, if during and after childbirth, you find yourself uncomfortable, nauseated, chills, want to cough or have an itchy throat, please notify your doctor immediately for timely monitoring and treatment.