Birth/Caesarean
Art and Photo's.
Vesalius's
"De Corporis Humani Fabrica", 1543.
An early
portrayal of the female pelvis and it's
anatomy.
Miniature from
a 14th Century "Historie
Ancienne".
This depicts a woman doctor performing a caesarean section
on a living patient!
Suetonius'
"Lives of the Twelve Caesars", 1506,
Woodcut.
This picture supposedly
depicts the birth of Julius Caesar. It shows a live infant
being surgically removed from it's dead mother. It is more
likely that a law requiring this procedure was made during
the time that Julius Caesar ruled.
Alessandro
Beneditti's "De Re Medica", 1549, Woodcut.
A portrayal of the
removal of Asclepius from his mother's uterus by his father,
Apollo.
Plate XLII
from Scultetus' "Armamentaerium chirugicum bipartum",
1666.
As observed by R. W. Felkin in 1879.
A successful(?)
caesarean performed by indigenous healers in Kahura,
Uganda.
A caesarean
patient prior to dressing the wound, 1822.
A Modern
Caesarean.
Photo's kindly
supplied by Sabrina Swnymph@FensEnde.com.
Her Website address is: http://www.fensende.com/Users/swnymph
"This is the
actual surgery - they are about to take the baby out. One
doctor is pulling back the muscle so the other can
work..."
"Here is my
first sight of my son. One doctor puts pressure on the
fundus (top) of the uterus while the other pulls him
out."
"It's bright
out here!"
"The baby is
too tired, after 36 hours of labour! They let his cord pulse
for a while after he was out - I hear this is unusual,
especially at a section..."
Thankyou Sabrina, for
sharing your personal photos with us.
Photo's of the
"Birth of Harry"
Kindly supplied by Kristine -
Her birthstory is on our Birthstories Page
(I
fell pregnant so easily...)
Kristine's next baby,
Hayden, was also born by c/section, on 18.8.99 at 4:15pm.
Again she has kindly sent some photo's to display on this
page...
Thankyou Kristine, for
sharing these precious photo's with
us!
Debby sent me these photo's to share.
She writes: "I was just looking over the site and saw that
you only have two lots of csec photos and no vbac ones in the photo
section. I didn't know if you wanted any more but I scanned these
in for my personal online album and thought you might like a copy."
Thankyou, Debby, for sharing these special
moments!
On 21 May, 2002 at 1.47am, our son Harrison Isaac Adams was born
at home (VBAC) into his Daddy's waiting arms. By soft candle light
Bradley passed him to his Mummy, Edwynna to hold skin-to-skin. Harrison
is baby brother to Benjamin born by C-Sec 22 June, 1998.
Harrison weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces and was born after a 2 hour labour.
Harrison was born 21 days past the ultrasound date and 15 days past
our own dates.
To read the story of Harrison's birth, and that of his big brother,
Benjamin, click here.
*For more related photo's (eg, Caesarean,
etc) Please visit Robin Elise Weiss's Website 'Pregnancy/Birth'
at:
http://pregnancy.about.com/health/pregnancy/library/blsection7.htm
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