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>If after 20 minutes the bleeding has not stopped, then a condom attached to a catheter is inserted into the uterus and then inflated.

Say what?

Puts pressure on the wound, I suppose.

It is used as a uterine tamponade - the mother is bleeding from where the placenta was attached in the uterus. The uterus usually contracts after delivery to close the blood vessels but long labors sometimes cause uterine atony - the uterus is tired and won't contract so the mother hemorrhages. The inflated condom balloon puts pressure against the blood vessels where the placenta was attached inside the uterus to stop the bleeding. Commercially, a Bakri Uterine Tamponade Balloon is used - this is a much cheaper and easily accessible option.

Thank you for the great explanation.

Good news for the nigers : )

Wow, thanks.

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Honestly, it sounds better than the treatment I received in the U.S. for the same thing - The doctor and 2 nurses pushing all their body weight on my uterus, to force it to contract and stop the bleeding. To be fair, it worked, but it was extraordinarily painful.

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They'd be doing this as well to contract the uterus while waiting for the misoprostil to work, or bimanual massage.

I hate that I laughed at that.

Well, nuts. Obviously, I'm glad to be alive, but this was the worst part of labor and the most painful. Still way better than being dead though.

Me too but I couldn’t resist. English isn’t my mother tongue is a really bad excuse too.

You must've been hemorrhaging a bunch holy shit! Glad you're still alive and well, that sort of complication a few generations ago would've been fatal.

all the people downvoting are no fun at parties i bet, that was hilarious

Thank you.

Damn did I ever have a hard time with that title.

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Wow.. I did not read that correctly the first time. Reddit trying not to be rascist and r/conservative tracking don't help. Howerver;

Good on the spread of human knowledge as a whole and cheers to a growing nation. This makes me happpy.