The Fox clip mentioned that the 20-year-old mother was a diabetic. From the press conference vid, she also appears to be very short and a stockier build, yet not a land whale.
I suspected before even watching the clip that the mother was either diabetic or developed gestational diabetes.
Increased blood sugars and resulting increased blood insulin levels leads to macrosomia (literally "big bodied" babies) that grow too big in their cage to fit out the escape hatch.
Taking the contrarian view, I do feel bad for the good doctor.
Every bad outcome in obstetrics is an unfathomable tragedy, but childbirth is inherently dangerous, especially with 2023 physiognomy.
There's a reason why mother and infant mortality was historically so high.
We like to think that we've come so far in making the process a lot safer. But anyone who has experience on both the bystander and provider side knows that the modern version of natural childbirth still involves tons of elbow grease and brute force from the obstetrician hands, especially when shit goes south.
When I witnessed the birth of my son I was shocked at how violent it was. It looked like my wife was the victim of a horrible crime. Little dude came out safe and the whole procedure went about as smoothly as it could have but even then it was a messy, messy process.
First baby, wife had been in labor for about 20 hours. Baby's heart rate was dropping, and everyone was getting very tense. The baby crowned but didn't move much further, and we were minutes away from an emergency c-section. There was fluid (and more), everywhere, wife was screaming and sweating, it was fucking brutal.
Baby comes out, wife is so out of it from the pain and exhaustion she had this 1000-yard stare for a couple of minutes before she snapped out of it (had refused all medicines). She was also bleeding quite badly from a tear when the baby came out.
In retrospect, it was a fairly typical delivery, baby was healthy, mom was healthy, we left the hospital on the usual schedule, etc.
Giving birth is quite literally a link to the human condition that is shared by all humans since the beginning.
The Fox clip mentioned that the 20-year-old mother was a diabetic. From the press conference vid, she also appears to be very short and a stockier build, yet not a land whale.
I suspected before even watching the clip that the mother was either diabetic or developed gestational diabetes.
Increased blood sugars and resulting increased blood insulin levels leads to macrosomia (literally "big bodied" babies) that grow too big in their cage to fit out the escape hatch.
Taking the contrarian view, I do feel bad for the good doctor.
Every bad outcome in obstetrics is an unfathomable tragedy, but childbirth is inherently dangerous, especially with 2023 physiognomy.
There's a reason why mother and infant mortality was historically so high.
We like to think that we've come so far in making the process a lot safer. But anyone who has experience on both the bystander and provider side knows that the modern version of natural childbirth still involves tons of elbow grease and brute force from the obstetrician hands, especially when shit goes south.
When I witnessed the birth of my son I was shocked at how violent it was. It looked like my wife was the victim of a horrible crime. Little dude came out safe and the whole procedure went about as smoothly as it could have but even then it was a messy, messy process.
First baby, wife had been in labor for about 20 hours. Baby's heart rate was dropping, and everyone was getting very tense. The baby crowned but didn't move much further, and we were minutes away from an emergency c-section. There was fluid (and more), everywhere, wife was screaming and sweating, it was fucking brutal.
Baby comes out, wife is so out of it from the pain and exhaustion she had this 1000-yard stare for a couple of minutes before she snapped out of it (had refused all medicines). She was also bleeding quite badly from a tear when the baby came out.
In retrospect, it was a fairly typical delivery, baby was healthy, mom was healthy, we left the hospital on the usual schedule, etc.
Giving birth is quite literally a link to the human condition that is shared by all humans since the beginning.
There is a reason why men have evolved to get those instinctual rushes of "my child" love the moment they lay eyes on the little things.
Because if we didn't get it right then most would fucking bolt just from sheer disgust.
What a surprise: Men evolve to find thinner and longer women more attractive, diabeticwomanlets can't deliver babies very well