Baby gorilla delivered via rare C-section at Seattle zoo

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4. From the zoo's blog:

An ultrasound performed on Olympia over the weekend indicated complications. “Due to this, we made the critical decision to put Olympia under anesthesia and call in a team of medical consultants to assess the fetus and determine the best intervention,” explained veterinarian Dr. Tim Storms, Director of Animal Health at Woodland Park Zoo.

After Olympia was anesthetized and transported by zoo ambulance to the zoo’s veterinary hospital, the obstetrical team performed an examination. Together with Dr. Sachita Shah, a sonographer with Butterfly Network, they performed an ultrasound and determined that there was decreased amniotic fluid combined with an incompletely dilated cervix, which indicated a non-productive labor. “This meant that Olympia would not be able to deliver her baby without our help, so we made a critical decision to deliver the baby via cesarean section,” said Storms.

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