This Woman Performed Her Own Cesarean Section — and Survived
The story of a mother who dissects her own belly to save the unborn child
A woman named Ines Ramirez Perez or better known as Ines fought for her life when she underwent surgery on her own stomach to save her unborn baby. She gave birth to the baby by Caesarean section. Despite having no medical training, the operation was successful and both she and her baby survived.
In March 2000, a pregnant woman named Ines Ramirez Perez, 40-years old and living alone in a rural area of southern Mexico, was in her one-room cabin when she felt labor pains. Her mind immediately leaped back to the stillbirth she’d suffered two years earlier, and the panic set in.
The baby had died as the result of an obstructed labor, and with the nearest hospital over 80 km from her home in rural Oaxaca, Mexico, the 40-year-old wasn’t prepared to risk it happening again.
Ines was a mother of 7 children and she was only accompanied by a 6-year-old son named Bonito while her husband was working and still did not return home.
As the day got dark and after 12 hours of constant pain, Ines sat down on a bench and drank three small glasses of hard liquor. Then she grabbed a 6-inch knife, usually used for butchering animals, and…
