I Tried Delivering A Baby
I Tried Delivering A Baby
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00:00 She was told that due to a complication,
00:03 the baby may be brain injured,
00:05 and that a C-section was necessary to save the baby's life.
00:09 People say that the day your baby's born is the best day of your life.
00:14 And because of her unwavering resolve,
00:17 despite daunting odds, I was born.
00:20 Premature, 4 pounds 11 ounces, but healthy.
00:25 Ever since hearing this story, I have had a crippling fear of childbirth.
00:30 And so this week, I am flying to Texas to meet with a team of medical professionals
00:35 to learn how to deliver a baby in hopes of overcoming that fear.
00:40 Challenge accepted.
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00:44 One of my biggest anxieties surrounding childbirth is the pain.
00:49 And so my first stop is to meet with a physical therapist to experience the closest thing possible to labor contractions.
00:56 My muscles will be shocked with electrical current in 45-second increments,
01:00 starting at level 1 out of a maximum of 20.
01:04 What are we considering a metric of success?
01:06 You're going to experience pain.
01:08 I mean, that's...
01:10 [laughter]
01:12 I'm sorry, but there's no such thing as a pain-free contraction.
01:16 If there was, men would have babies.
01:19 [laughter]
01:21 Okay. Are you ready?
01:23 No. No. No.
01:24 Yes, you're ready.
01:25 Stop.
01:26 Okay, I'm turning the machine on.
01:27 I need like a level freaking one.
01:29 Okay, okay, relax.
01:30 First of all, relax.
01:32 Okay, are you ready?
01:33 Here we go.
01:34 We're going to set a timer.
01:36 Start.
01:37 Is it on both?
01:40 Yeah.
01:44 And I'm going up with it.
01:46 Ow!
01:47 Can you handle that?
01:49 Is it too much? Michelle?
01:51 My whole body's shaking.
01:53 [screams]
01:54 Let's breathe.
01:56 This is level 4.
01:58 You can go ahead for 30 more seconds.
02:01 Only 30 more seconds.
02:02 You're pretty good.
02:03 You can handle this.
02:05 It is paused now.
02:07 Okay.
02:08 Okay, so now you're laying there.
02:11 You're going to have three minutes
02:12 before you feel the next start to come on.
02:15 Okay.
02:16 And this is the feeling that you have.
02:18 You know, this time has gone on,
02:19 and you're like, "It's coming. It's coming.
02:21 Oh, no. It's coming." Yeah.
02:23 Just sitting here anticipating is so awful.
02:26 Is it game time?
02:27 Are you ready?
02:28 No. Garrett?
02:29 Here we go.
02:30 A little bit more.
02:31 Five, six.
02:32 Oh!
02:33 Oh, my God! Terry!
02:35 Okay, hold on.
02:36 I'm trying to get the--
02:39 [screams]
02:40 Hold on.
02:41 Can you handle it?
02:42 Only 10 seconds.
02:43 Ah! Terry!
02:45 [screams]
02:48 And it's a boy!
02:52 Really?
02:53 [laughs]
02:54 Oh, my gosh.
02:56 That was good.
02:57 But that's what it's like.
02:58 How do people do this?
03:00 A lot of women do.
03:02 Lots of babies.
03:03 Terry, you're such a badass.
03:05 You did this four times?
03:06 Four times in five and a half years.
03:08 Wow. Garrett, do you want to experience this?
03:11 Do I?
03:12 Do you want to?
03:13 Do I want to?
03:14 Oh!
03:16 [screams]
03:17 [laughs]
03:18 It was in this moment that Garrett realized being a woman is hard.
03:22 Can you feel it?
03:23 Breathe, breathe!
03:24 Oh!
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03:45 Oh!
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03:53 Now we're at the level she was.
03:55 Oh, [bleep]!
03:57 Breathe! You have to breathe!
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04:26 Tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out, tap out.
04:29 Okay, pause.
04:30 Epidural, epidural.
04:31 Pause. Okay.
04:32 [laughs]
04:33 What level was that?
04:35 Fourteen.
04:36 [laughs]
04:41 With a now better understanding of the pain,
04:44 my next stop is to a state-of-the-art healthcare training facility
04:48 to learn what it's like to be the one to actually deliver the baby.
04:52 And that happens here, in a fully functional one-to-one replica of a delivery room.
04:57 Now we're going to come in here.
04:59 Oh, my gosh. That was a bit of a jump scare.
05:02 Oh, my God.
05:04 So I'm going to go ahead--
05:05 It's breathing.
05:06 Yes.
05:07 She's breathing.
05:08 Yes, she is.
05:09 She's breathing.
05:10 So this is Lucina.
05:11 She's a simulator.
05:12 She can bleed.
05:13 You can do IVs on her.
05:14 She also has simulation eyes, so they look very realistic.
05:17 So I can make her eyes jaundiced.
05:19 I can make them bloodshot.
05:21 She also can still follow and trace you.
05:23 Take your two fingers and put them right here.
05:26 Do you feel it?
05:27 Oh, the pulse.
05:28 Yes.
05:29 Wow.
05:30 So the vitals we're seeing here are produced by the robot.
05:32 Mm-hmm.
05:33 Okay.
05:34 Yes, they are.
05:35 Wow.
05:36 This is the baby that she birthed.
05:37 Was that charging?
05:38 Yes.
05:39 You just charge it up?
05:40 Yes, for it to cry, yeah.
05:42 And it feels like the weight of a baby, too.
05:44 Oh, my God.
05:46 And it has a milk accord and everything that goes with it.
05:49 This one also does postpartum hemorrhage, so it will bleed.
05:52 If the uterus doesn't go back to being firm, she'll bleed out until it goes back to being firm.
05:58 Is that what happens?
05:59 That's what happened to me.
06:01 What happened?
06:02 My placenta didn't fully detach, and I was bleeding out.
06:05 So they had to rush me into two different surgeries when I had my son.
06:10 Oh, my gosh.
06:11 I am starting to realize that a complication in childbirth, like my mom's experience, isn't as uncommon as I originally thought.
06:20 Out of the 385,000 births every day, roughly 31,000 of those experience complications.
06:28 And the percentage of known pregnancies ending in a miscarriage is estimated to be up to 20%.
06:36 In fact, so many people are anxious about pregnancy that there's even a word for it, antenatal anxiety.
06:45 But now, being a mom, did it feel worth it?
06:48 Oh, yes, 100%.
06:49 All of that?
06:50 All of it.
06:51 I wouldn't trade him in for the world.
06:52 He drives me crazy, but I would not trade him in for the world.
06:57 For my final challenge, I will be performing two separate deliveries, the first simulating a standard vaginal delivery,
07:04 and the second simulating a C-section, all while being observed through this two-way mirror,
07:09 where Sarah will be controlling the birth from the other side.
07:12 So she reacts to everything that you're doing, whether it's good or bad.
07:16 So if I mess something up, you will activate the appropriate response from Lucina.
07:22 Correct.
07:23 But before I can successfully deliver a baby, I am meeting with Amber, a first-time expecting mother,
07:30 in order to see firsthand what it's like to go through this process.
07:33 Wow, this is happening.
07:34 It is.
07:35 Like in 24 hours.
07:36 I've actually been having contractions starting last night, so--
07:39 Wait, this is--it's like in progress right now.
07:42 Yes, as we speak, actually.
07:45 There are contractions happening.
07:47 You're so chill about this.
07:49 Some of them can be pretty intense.
07:50 You're a total badass.
07:51 If it doesn't get any worse than this, we're aced.
07:55 Oh, my God.
07:56 It's here.
07:57 It's happening.
07:58 I know.
07:59 I can't wait to hold him and just have that bond with him.
08:02 And it's crazy how much you can love somebody you've never met.
08:05 So you feel that already?
08:06 I do.
08:07 I feel that bond with him already.
08:08 Oh, my God.
08:11 I've never thought too intensely about the love and the bond that you develop with the baby as you are pregnant
08:18 and how that can be a source of courage and bravery and trump all of the other feelings.
08:25 And after meeting Amber, I was also curious to compare her experience to that of a more experienced expecting mother.
08:31 So this is your fourth time having a child?
08:33 Yeah, this is my fourth time.
08:34 This is my second girl, too.
08:36 But you must be a pro at this now.
08:38 Oh, yes.
08:39 Okay, so is this just like another day at the office?
08:42 Mm-hmm.
08:43 I know.
08:44 Can you tell me your secret?
08:46 I think this day is not a secret.
08:48 I think it's how you be more patient and control your mind.
08:52 So, like, I just told myself, you know, you can do it, you can do it.
08:56 This one is kind of very special, first girl for him.
09:00 And also tomorrow is his birthday.
09:02 Yeah.
09:03 He's going to share the same cake.
09:05 Well, this is the biggest birthday present I've ever had.
09:07 Oh, my gosh.
09:09 Hi, my name is Jeffrey Klein.
09:11 I'm an OB/GYN physician.
09:12 I've been in practice in Clear Lake since 1997.
09:15 I'm delivering babies for babies I've delivered.
09:17 I've been out here so long.
09:18 So, nice to meet you.
09:20 Oh, my gosh.
09:21 So you're really very, very experienced in this situation.
09:24 That is completely foreign to me.
09:26 Another day at the office.
09:27 Most doctors experience people at a bad time in their life with a problem that needs to be fixed.
09:33 I, on the other hand, get to deal with young, healthy people at a happy time in their life.
09:37 Getting to see new families or families expand makes my job a pleasure.
09:42 Do you accept the challenge?
09:44 Wait, I get to have this?
09:45 Yeah.
09:46 So, this patient's come in and she's complaining of contractions, and we need to determine whether or not she's in labor.
09:52 Okay.
09:53 Hello.
09:54 Hey.
09:55 Hi.
09:56 Wait.
09:57 This is Anis, nurse educator, and we have Dr. Klein here and Mitchell here with you.
10:02 What brings you to the hospital today?
10:04 The baby is coming.
10:07 All right, well, you're up.
10:08 Yes.
10:09 Wait, now action on me?
10:10 What the heck?
10:11 Yeah.
10:12 Well, first let's--
10:13 This is Grey's Anatomy.
10:14 What do I do?
10:15 Let's give you some skills, right?
10:16 First thing we got to do, we have to determine if their cervix is dilated.
10:20 So, this tells you what you're looking for when a patient is 10 centimeters dilated.
10:25 She's what we call completely dilated.
10:27 Excuse me?
10:28 Yeah.
10:29 Oh, that is huge.
10:30 Yeah, that's got to fit a baby's head through there, so, yeah.
10:33 If I'm pregnant and I'm delivering a baby, there's no way around this.
10:37 Yeah, I know.
10:38 Like, this has to happen.
10:39 Well--
10:40 This is a requirement for a baby.
10:41 If you want to get it out vaginally.
10:43 Yep, all right.
10:45 Okay, so what's next?
10:46 So, you're going to place your fingers inside of her vagina and reach up for her cervix.
10:50 Okay.
10:51 And--
10:52 I should put on some gloves for that.
10:53 I think, yes.
10:54 Yeah, you'll definitely want to do that.
10:55 Okay.
10:56 I'm starting to feel the urge to push.
10:58 Hello.
11:00 I don't have a bad side manner.
11:01 Dr. Klein, I need help.
11:02 I really need help here.
11:04 Here we go.
11:07 Oh, oh, oh.
11:10 You and me both, okay.
11:11 Oh, oh, oh.
11:12 Oh, my God.
11:13 All right.
11:15 Let's see.
11:17 That's about-- I think it's six.
11:20 Okay, that's pretty good.
11:21 That's pretty good.
11:22 Yeah, for a rookie, that's pretty good.
11:23 A lot of things can go wrong during birth.
11:25 The most common are lack of progress, infection, the baby's not getting the oxygen that it needs.
11:30 So, during delivery, if the baby's head delivers and the shoulder is impacted underneath the pubic bone,
11:36 that can create a condition called shoulder dystocia.
11:39 And that is an obstetrical emergency, but we're trained to manage it.
11:43 One of the reasons I wanted to do this was because my mom had a life-threatening situation when she was pregnant with me
11:50 where the placenta covered the uterus, and they had to do an emergency C-section.
11:55 So, she may have had what was called a placenta previa?
11:57 Yeah.
11:58 That's what it sounds like.
11:59 But I feel like since I've known that my whole life, it's always, "This is terrifying to me."
12:04 Absolutely terrifying.
12:05 Yeah, yeah, I get it.
12:06 We have a strategy for dealing with it, but yeah, it can be scary.
12:09 Oh, that one's a big one.
12:22 Hey.
12:26 Hey.
12:27 How's it going?
12:28 Good.
12:29 It's going.
12:30 Has a lot changed since this morning?
12:31 No.
12:32 She's staying uncomfortable, though.
12:34 Yes.
12:35 So, yeah, when I get a moment, we'll check your dilation, okay?
12:37 Okay.
12:38 Preferably not while you're having a contraction.
12:39 Yes.
12:40 Gosh.
12:41 All right, it's exciting.
12:42 Ready to meet him.
12:43 Yeah, won't be long.
12:44 I know.
12:45 Amber is in the hospital gown, in the bed, ready to go.
12:49 Dr. Clyde and Kimberly, the nurse, are checking her out to see how much dilation has occurred to see how soon the baby's going to go.
12:57 What's going on?
13:00 She's 3 centimeters, so that's an improvement.
13:03 So it probably won't take a whole lot of time to deliver.
13:06 I'm thinking tomorrow during daylight hours would be likely.
13:09 So we'll see.
13:10 Yeah, pretty exciting.
13:11 What is that noise?
13:15 This is baby's heart rate.
13:16 Whoa.
13:17 And their heart rate's pretty fast.
13:20 It's faster than ours.
13:21 It's like he's running up a hill in there.
13:23 Right?
13:24 I love hearing that sound.
13:26 I could hear it all day.
13:28 The next time that we see Amber, she's going to be holding her baby.
13:32 And that is so cool.
13:34 Michelle, are you ready for your final challenge?
13:38 I hope so.
13:39 Cassie is a role player.
13:40 She's simulating this experience.
13:42 She's not actually going to have a baby on camera, but it's going to feel really real.
13:45 And while Cassie will be role playing the mother's top half, we will be using a robotic lower half to simulate the actual birth, all controlled by Sarah in the next room.
13:55 And with everyone in place, it was finally time for my first delivery.
14:00 What's the status?
14:01 All right, she's complete and plus two, ready to push.
14:04 Is this to catch the baby?
14:18 What is this?
14:19 Oh, yeah, we don't want the baby bungee jumping.
14:21 That's for all the mess, so the blood and the fluid that comes out.
14:24 All right, so now when you're having a contraction, we're going to have you grab your knees and push.
14:29 All right, Mama, hands behind your knees.
14:31 Okay, deep breath and bear down.
14:33 One, two, three.
14:35 Oh my God.
14:36 She's crawling.
14:37 Very good.
14:38 All right, a little bit more, a little bit more, a little bit more.
14:44 Do you want to make more efforts?
14:45 Hold on.
14:46 Oh, yeah, I think we have a shoulder.
14:48 We have a shoulder dissociation.
14:50 What's that?
14:51 What's a shoulder dissociation?
14:53 The shoulder is impacted under the pubic bone, so we need to get our legs back and the nurses need to push on the pubic bone.
15:00 Okay.
15:01 All right, all right, push, push, push.
15:05 Keep going.
15:06 All right, now slow downward traction on the baby's head.
15:09 Okay.
15:10 And then down, get that shoulder out, get that shoulder out.
15:14 Got it.
15:15 All right, good.
15:16 Now up to get the other shoulder out.
15:19 Good job.
15:21 Here he comes.
15:23 All right, time to go to 1414.
15:26 All right, so plop that baby up there.
15:28 There you go.
15:29 Oh, there you go, mama.
15:32 All right, clamp the cord.
15:34 Clamp that cord.
15:35 From after the birth?
15:36 Just put it right there, yeah.
15:40 Excellent.
15:41 There we go.
15:42 Good job.
15:44 Good job, Michelle.
15:46 Well, good job to you.
15:47 You did it.
15:48 Oh, my God.
15:49 That was crazy.
15:50 You did a great job.
15:52 But the shoulder impacting, that was crazy.
15:55 Well, that's why we're always ready for those emergencies, and we have maneuvers that the nurses are trained to do so that we can make sure the baby's still delivered safely even though the shoulder got stuck.
16:03 You did a good job.
16:04 But that was just representing a more common delivery scenario.
16:08 For my second delivery, I will be attempting a C-section, inspired by my mother's experience.
16:14 And with C-sections being 80% more likely to have complications, I was expecting the worst.
16:22 This is where you're going to cut.
16:24 Okay, how do you know?
16:25 You feel for the pubic bone, and then you go a couple finger breaths above the pubic bone.
16:31 This is your scalpel, and you open it like that.
16:34 Okay.
16:35 Yep.
16:36 All right, so just cut along the line very superficially.
16:44 Excellent.
16:45 All right, let's just open that up a little bit more like that.
16:48 Oh, wow.
16:49 So we're going to go between the abdominal muscles.
16:51 All right, so now you're going to take your knife, and you're going to cut the peritoneum.
16:54 Like this?
16:55 Yep.
16:58 Good.
16:59 All right, take your right hand and reach in there and pull it out.
17:05 You got the head?
17:06 Yeah.
17:07 All right, I'm going to push on the belly while you pull it out.
17:09 I just don't want to hurt it.
17:11 Yeah, you won't.
17:12 There you go.
17:13 You got it.
17:14 Lots of pressure, Mama, lots of pressure.
17:17 Got it.
17:18 All right, time of birth, 1309.
17:20 Cut the umbilical cord.
17:24 Excellent.
17:25 It's really impactful to see what my mom went through.
17:30 Just, you know, babies are born every day.
17:32 We say that, right?
17:34 But I don't think people really think about what it means when a baby's born and how much
17:42 a mom gives up to make it happen.
17:46 It makes me appreciate everything she went through so much more.
17:51 Thank you so much for showing me this.
17:53 Sure, you did great.
17:55 Thank you.
17:57 Hey.
17:58 Oh, my God.
18:00 You guys.
18:02 Oh, my gosh.
18:04 He is so cute.
18:06 He was 8 pounds, 11 ounces and 21 and a half inches long.
18:10 Your son.
18:11 It still feels so surreal.
18:13 He's in my arms.
18:16 You're a mom.
18:17 I know.
18:19 Did you want to hold him?
18:21 Am I allowed?
18:23 Yeah.
18:24 Oh, my gosh.
18:28 Hi.
18:31 Look at your little arms.
18:33 Little everything.
18:36 What a beautiful name.
18:39 Thank you.
18:40 Happy birthday to you.
18:44 Wow.
18:45 Look at that.
18:46 She's smiling.
18:47 Look how happy she looks.
18:48 Is this the best birthday ever?
18:49 It is.
18:50 I can't top this.
18:51 Too bad we can't ask you to be a godmother, huh?
18:53 What?
18:54 You--
18:55 I would love it if you could.
18:58 You know.
19:01 Are you serious?
19:02 Yeah, if you would love to be.
19:04 So you want me to be the godmother of your child?
19:08 Yeah.
19:10 Oh, my God, you guys.
19:13 I would be honored.
19:15 Yes.
19:16 She looks happy.
19:17 This is crazy.
19:19 This is crazy, right?
19:21 This is such a magical moment.
19:22 Thank you so much.
19:24 You're welcome.
19:25 Oh, my God.
19:26 Thank you both so much for letting us be a part of your lives this week.
19:30 This has been such an eye-opening experience,
19:32 and it's given me a lot of hope for myself, so thank you.
19:37 One day when you do have kids, you know, it'll be like one of the biggest challenges you've probably ever been through.
19:42 Yeah.
19:43 But it'll be like the most joyous thing you've ever been through, so trust me on that one.
19:47 Dear Mom, I've never fully grasped the sacrifices you've had to make for me,
19:54 the pain you experienced, the tough choices you've had to make,
19:59 and I may never understand until I have a child of my own.
20:04 All I can hope is that one day I'm just as brave, just as strong,
20:10 and as compassionate of a mother as you have been with me.
20:16 Thank you, Mom.
20:18 I love you.
20:20 you