The Scariest Moment of My Career? A Gun Pointed at me in the Delivery Room

People expect me to say a postpartum hemorrhage, a shoulder dystocia, or a newborn who wouldn’t breathe. No, it was something else.

I had many frightening moments in the delivery room. And I am often asked what the most frightening event of my career in the delivery room was. People expect me to say a postpartum hemorrhage, a shoulder dystocia, or a newborn who wouldn’t breathe. All of those are frightening, yes. But the moment that froze me to the core had nothing to do with medici…