[I suspect this is a Black girl. As I was saying… if Blacks just breed like rabbits, then there is not much hope for them. Blacks have a way of NEEDING far more than they can PRODUCE. Blacks have a way of living that always causes them to consume more than they can produce. When it comes to having children, poverty does not put them off at all. They just have more kids… while not knowing how to feed them. It appears to me that Blacks are self-destructive. They ignore all the rules of logic and discipline and then wonder why their lives are so hard. Jan]

Pietermaritzburg – A 17-year-old Grade 10 pupil gave birth to a premature baby girl in the sickroom at Haythorne Secondary School amid scenes of high drama on Tuesday afternoon.

Three teachers, acting as midwives, together with a community nurse and an assistant, helped deliver the baby in a collaborative emergency effort lasting about half an hour.

According to officials, staff at the school were not aware of the girl’s pregnancy, her second. She has a baby boy born about 14 months ago.

The girl is believed to have been between seven and eight months pregnant at the time of birth. A health worker who was on the scene said the baby was not breathing after delivery, and her skin appeared to have a blue tinge. However, paramedics who arrived on the scene moments afterwards managed to get her breathing.

The drama began at about 14:00 on Tuesday, when the girl complained of feeling “constipated” in class. Her classmates accompanied her to the office block, where she was attended to by teachers and then taken to the sickroom.

Astonishingly, the fact that she was pregnant only emerged after several questions were posed to the teenage mother. The focus then shifted toward addressing her labour pains.

Realising that they needed help from a medical practitioner, the staff then contacted the ambulance services and a local community nurse.

Baby was born

But the delivery began shortly before the nurse had arrived, forcing teachers to manage the situation. The baby was born a short while after the arrival of the nurse.

The mother and baby were taken to Edendale Hospital after paramedics stabilised the newborn.

“She clearly was not prepared for the birth, as she did not even go to a clinic or hospital to have regular check-ups,” said Nicky Parker, regional manager of KwaZulu Private Ambulance Services.

Regional education department spokesperson Muzi Kubheka commended the actions of the teachers.

He said the delivery was handled as discreetly as possible under the circumstances and other pupils were sent home slightly earlier than usual.

He called upon parents of pregnant girls to inform schools of their situation to avoid such emergencies.

“In terms of legislation, a pupil cannot be discriminated against should they come forward. However, we also rely on the help of medical practitioners, who would advise an expecting mother of whether she should be at school at a certain period of her pregnancy,” he said.

Source: News24.Com
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