I've talked to doctors and mid-wives...it doesn't take that much time to do an emergency C-section to get the baby out in the event of a breach. It is also not that dangerous. Childbirth can be risky, but this procedure wasn't that new for the 1980s.
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The other thing to remember is that this movie isn't being told from the doctor's or the nurse's point of view.
It's all about what Jake is feeling and what he's going through.
To the doctors, it's just another procedure; to Jake, it's his entire world. By the clock, it's an hour; to Jake, it's a lifetime.
A bit dated is also the notion that the father will need to wear full surgical attire in the birthing room and that he would be kicked out (screaming no less) if an emergency C-section is required.
shareyeah that's partly true but in some places as late as the 1970's the father wasn't even allowed in the delivery room for a normal birth let alone a Cesarian Section and even in the 80's when this was made fathers that chose to be in the delivery room did have to wear full surical garb
"why are you married to him then if you can't work with him how do you live with him?"
The danger to Christie and the baby is over-dramaticized, that's my point!
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Actually, when the mom has already started pushing and the baby is already entering the birth canal, it can be very dangerous if the baby gets stuck from being breech. Especially if the cord is around the neck. In either case the baby might not be getting oxygen through the umbilical cord.
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Having "talked" to people about something does not make you the end all authority...but I accept your apology for sounding less than authoritative in this whole matter. In the future if you feel the need to preface your post with "I'm sorry", maybe you should fully consider whether or not it honestly needs to be said.
I have had 4 c-sections, and indeed it does not take very long to get the baby out. However, if there is fetal distress, any amount of time can be too long, and whether or not the situation was truly high risk, when people don't know what's going on and there is two people's lives on the line, it may seem a little bit dramatic to the people involved...even childbirth with no complications is a dramatic event that can seem a little scary at the time.
And even if all of that were disregarded, are we going to pretend like a situation being dramatized for the purposes of a film is specific to this movie? Writers, directors, actors, etc, make it dramatic and add flair where they can for the purposes of "entertainment", ya know...to make more interesting to watch, which some might argue is actually their job.
You must be a busy person, do you post on the message board of every movie that has had an overly dramatic scene? You must do a lot of "talking to people" to get your credentials.
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As a former OB nurse, I agree with psychfan21. Also, as I believe someone already mentioned, breeches can still be dangerous for the baby, and most especially after the baby has entered the birth canal. For families, minutes seem like hours before they learn the outcome. It only seems overly dramatic if you've never been there. Even staff gets edgy during certain circumstances.
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