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Sage
Here are the 3 characters that pertain to my question.
MC = Kerenelle
Kerenelle was raised by Luminara ("Lumi" for short) and thinks she's her mom, but really Lumi is her aunt and Kerennya (Lumi's older sister) is Kerenelle's birth mom. Lumi has been trying to reveal this fact to Kerenelle since she turned 13, but various things have blocked this revelation from happening.
At the end of my first book, this is one of the big reveals. The story is set in a low-tech fantasy environment that has magic, but magic is not possible in the scene in question.
The very short version of the scenario is, Kerennya comes to see Lumi when Lumi's baby is due any day and Kerennya is about 8 months pregnant. Lumi's baby is stillborn, and someone stabs Kerennya to murder her. Kerennya manages to call for help, and because she's under the care of the castle healer for another issue, he hears and comes running, but doesn't see anyone fleeing the scene. She basically gasps out, "Save my baby!" and then dies and the healer has to act quickly to perform this emergency c-section type procedure to save baby Kerenelle, and then Lumi goes on to raise her, passing her off as her own child.
My question is, how quickly could the procedure be done, given crude instruments and a dead mother? My healer is pretty experienced, but not a specialist in childbirth. But he'd definitely have the chops to act quickly and make the needed cuts.
Thanks, all!
MC = Kerenelle
Kerenelle was raised by Luminara ("Lumi" for short) and thinks she's her mom, but really Lumi is her aunt and Kerennya (Lumi's older sister) is Kerenelle's birth mom. Lumi has been trying to reveal this fact to Kerenelle since she turned 13, but various things have blocked this revelation from happening.
At the end of my first book, this is one of the big reveals. The story is set in a low-tech fantasy environment that has magic, but magic is not possible in the scene in question.
The very short version of the scenario is, Kerennya comes to see Lumi when Lumi's baby is due any day and Kerennya is about 8 months pregnant. Lumi's baby is stillborn, and someone stabs Kerennya to murder her. Kerennya manages to call for help, and because she's under the care of the castle healer for another issue, he hears and comes running, but doesn't see anyone fleeing the scene. She basically gasps out, "Save my baby!" and then dies and the healer has to act quickly to perform this emergency c-section type procedure to save baby Kerenelle, and then Lumi goes on to raise her, passing her off as her own child.
My question is, how quickly could the procedure be done, given crude instruments and a dead mother? My healer is pretty experienced, but not a specialist in childbirth. But he'd definitely have the chops to act quickly and make the needed cuts.
Thanks, all!