This hospital in Shanghai provides "no obstacles but love" diagnosis and treatment services throughout, heartwarming! Blind Mom Successfully Delivers Daughter | Hospital | Shanghai
Ms. Di has been blind since childhood due to eye diseases. Optimistic and brave, she has always loved life and met her husband at work. Not long ago, this self reliant mother was successfully upgraded to a mother in the Yangpu campus of Fudan University Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, and was taken care of by medical staff throughout her pregnancy. Ms. Di is not the first "blind mother" to give birth in a obstetrics and gynecology hospital. The reporter learned from the hospital that the hospital is currently equipped with full process supporting services and covers the entire pregnancy cycle, committed to building a disabled friendly hospital.
Ms. Di enjoyed "friendly" treatment throughout the antenatal examination process: the hospital provided green services such as seeing a doctor and queuing, reduced waiting time, and improved medical comfort. During pregnancy, she suffered from pregnancy diabetes, which was effectively controlled under the guidance of professional diet and exercise. On the day of delivery, in order to help Ms. Di better adapt to the delivery room environment, Deputy Director Li Xilian accompanied her throughout the process, and the midwife helped her relax through guidance measures such as delivery balls.
Faced with the hard won new life, this special family is filled with joy and tension. The ward has specially arranged bedside newborn touch, bathing, and breastfeeding assistance for the family. "Every encouragement and judgment from the doctor has doubled my confidence. Although I cannot see it, giving birth here is very reassuring." A smile remained on Ms. Di's face.
"The baby's dimples are like yours, she's laughing. We've put on a pink little hat for her, and now I'm going to put the baby next to you and stick it to you... follow me and hold her with both hands." With the explanation and help of the midwife, the first touch between mother and daughter made Ms. Di feel the warmth of a new life.
Gu Weirong, Assistant Director of the Red House Hospital and Minister of the Maternity and Child Care Department, introduced that over the years, the hospital has accumulated rich experience in ensuring the safety of childbirth for special populations, established and improved a service system to minimize their psychological and physiological burden. For special patients with hearing and speech impairments, visual impairments, mobility difficulties, and the use of dialects or foreign languages, a green channel for medical treatment will be opened to achieve dedicated management by dedicated personnel. When the medical scene changes from outpatient to ward to operating room, seamless handover of medical staff in charge will be achieved.
Taking visually impaired/blind mothers as an example, medical staff will help pregnant women familiarize themselves with the consultation room, ward, delivery room, and other environments in advance before delivery. They will strengthen fall prevention education through voice data and collaborate with family members to participate in the action assistance and monitoring of pregnant women. During delivery, the midwife will use language guidance and touch perception to assist the pregnant woman in giving birth, such as "Now that the contractions are coming, please take a deep breath and hold your breath, your stomach can lift my hand up", etc., to help the pregnant woman exert force and provide feedback on the delivery situation, increasing her confidence in giving birth.
To eliminate the sense of unfamiliarity and fear caused by the unknown, the midwife will also explain each step in detail to obtain better cooperation from the mother. After delivery, the midwife will provide a detailed description of the baby's behavior, facial expressions, and features to help the mother understand and touch the baby. Before discharge, a breast milk specialist nurse guides family members to take care of newborns, assists mothers in breastfeeding, and enhances family relationships.
In recent years, Red House Hospital has helped special mothers give birth smoothly and achieve satisfactory results several times. In September 2021, Cui Xiao, who had his right leg amputated, gave birth to his daughter Youyou at LDR. The obstetrics team conducted personalized delivery assessments and ultimately used a free position to assist her in successful natural delivery in situations such as thrombosis risk and difficulty in exerting force. Last April coincided with the COVID-19. Deaf mute pregnant woman Qing Li was hospitalized alone to protect her baby for a month. Every day, the medical staff communicated with her through "writing notes" and "sending messages". They always paid attention to the situation and actively asked about the needs. After experiencing the trials of closed-loop isolation, myoma degeneration, and premature rupture of membranes, her mother successfully ushered in a new life.
Gu Weirong said that as a "national team" in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, Red House Hospital is committed to solving the medical and reproductive problems of different women, assisting in disability assistance services, and ensuring that special populations have "no obstacles to childbirth". Recently, hospitals have also formed "three special teams" to focus on overcoming three major management difficulties. Among them, the "medical service special team" focuses on patient service experience, fully opens up high-quality services, and takes patient satisfaction as the goal to promote the high-quality development of public hospitals.
