Hynek Heřman: Doctor, we're in labor!

Hynek Heřman, an obstetrician, has been the head of one of the most charming maternity hospitals in the country, in Podolí, Prague, for eleven years. Through his life have passed the stories of thousands of mothers and their children whom he helped bring into the world. Today and every day he witnesses miracles, but also personal dramas.
"We are professionals. But we are also human. But if we were to collapse in situations like this, we wouldn't be helping anyone. We have to control our emotions," he says.
What it felt like when he first got the call from the delivery room: "Doctor, we're in labor!"? What was his journey from the hospital in Benešov to the top workplace in the centre of Prague? How has obstetrics changed in three decades - medically and humanly? What can modern diagnostics do today and where, on the contrary, does it still encounter its limits? How does telemedicine work? And how do you use the app to communicate with the obstetrician?
In a book interview conducted by journalist Karolina Liskova, you can also read about the warning signs of pregnancy. What to avoid in pregnancy and what to watch out for. What are the most common myths about pregnancy and childbirth. Whether "grandmotherly advice" works or why immunity is "re-tuned" in pregnancy. And how birth injuries are diagnosed and treated today.
Among other things, you will also learn how the preparations for the birth of quintuplets were carried out, what qualities an obstetrician should have or what if the birth does not go according to the script. What is a "hood", "section" or "kaiser" or whether an epidural can prolong labour.
But the book also touches on sensitive issues: What determines the survival of the "baby in the palm of your hand"? How does a doctor break bad news to parents? And does he ever think, when he goes home from the hospital after a hard day, how fragile life really is?
PLUS FIVE OPEN CONFESSIONS OF WOMEN ON THE ROAD TO MOTHERHOOD