CHAPTER 6The infirmary was like a maternity ward with four women in labour. Helena had already given birth to a delightful little boy who weighed in at three point six kilograms while the other women were in various stages of labour. It was Martha who was having problems.
It appeared that something was seriously wrong but neither Tara, Jade or any of the other crew aboard, men or women knew more than the basics about complications of child birth but after an hour the exhausted mother-to-be had made almost no progress in her delivery.
"We have to do something," Tara gasped as she wiped the gasping woman's brow. Monitors showed that her heart was racing and diagnoses by of computer suggestions were of little help. "Normally we'd have a doctor on the ship. All indications are that a Caesare
