Surgical tech here. I've done a metric fuck-ton of c-sections, and those cases can be brutal as hell. Never been in on a vaginal delivery, cuz that's not OR territory, but c-sections are the kind of case you're on high alert for the entire time cuz shit can go south really fast for both mother and baby. The amount of force I've seen (and contributed to) applied to get a baby out is definitely in dismemberment territory if there was some defect at play.

Some of the most horrific things I've seen in the OR have been in the c-section room. But they're the kind of thing that if you don't do, it's basically a death sentence for the mom or the baby.

Based on my own experience, I'd give the doc and delivery team the benefit of the doubt in terms of the operation: extreme circumstances can call for an extreme response, and when that doesn't work, the result is also extreme. This is a case that will haunt the staff involved all the way to the grave - really hope the hospital hooks them all up with top-notch therapy after that shit.

The lack of transparency after the fact though is 100% inexcusable, but also unsurprising coming from a private hospital. Their decisions are driven by money and PR. Ethics are a tie breaker at best.

I read the headline and went “What the fuck.”

While reading the article, I kept going “What the fuck.”

After finishing reading it, I’m still just sitting here going “What the fuck.”

Just…wtf.

Every comment here is just "WTF" and that is entirely appropriate. Not really sure what else to say.

I wish I had not read this headline or article.

How fucking terrible of a situation. I can’t imagine what those parents are feeling right now.

Just in case anyone else, like me, was curious:

Shoulder dystocia is a condition that happens when one or both of your baby's shoulders get stuck during vaginal delivery. There are no signs and no way to prevent the condition. Causes may include having a large baby, having a small pelvis or being in the wrong position

This news article only deserves one word: "WTF!"

Hey, What the FUCK

the baby was reportedly tightly wrapped in a blanket with his head "propped on top of his body" to conceal the fact that he was decapitated

Jesus fucking christ. There's evil, there's comically evil, there's cartoonishly evil, and then there's this. What in the everloving fuck were they thinking? You always use gorilla glue when trying to cover up a baby decapitation!