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I highly doubt that this woman will cope for very long. The baby's breathing difficulties could range from very serious respiratory distress syndrome which is life threatening to very mild grunting at 34 weeks gestation. The difficulties wouldn't have been helped by the Caesarian, as lung fluid will not have been squeezed out of the baby's lungs during the birth. Babies are born vaginally for a reason. This baby is likely to be difficult to feed, as the suck reflex isn't as well developed at this gestation and of course with any prem baby there is an infection risk. The Section was probably performed because it was a twin pregnancy and they were probably lying in difficult to deliver positions. There is always a risk of having one live baby and one dead baby with twins. Unfortunately when one twin dies, especially when they are out of the first trimester it is not wise to leave it in there, as that can cause problems too. The third baby which died at a very early gestation wouldn't have caused a problem.
This woman will be at greater risk of post op complications due to her age. She is a definite embolism risk. Embolism is the main cause of death for pregnant and post natal women in the UK according to the latest figures in the document Why Women Die. I can't help but think that this woman probably has some psychological problems to actually want to do this in the first place, and don't even get me started on the irresponsible dolt of a so-called doctor.