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07-13-2016, 05:01 AM
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Re: Painful Birth on Bathroom Floor!
Haha, I love guys commenting on childbirth, sooooo clueless  Not into homebirth myself but my sister had 3 at home, then went out to walk the dog, hardcore! |
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07-13-2016, 05:07 AM
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Re: Painful Birth on Bathroom Floor!
It's uncommon for a baby to have 10 apgar score (max) since basically all babies have transient cyanosis from the passing, wonder who wouldn't be blue after passing through a daaaaamn narrow space. Not too uncommon with low scores right after birth but it goes away quickly if the baby is otherwise healthy, in some minutes.
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07-13-2016, 10:21 AM
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Re: Painful Birth on Bathroom Floor!
Have you even looked at the statistics surrounding mother and child deaths via vaginal deliveries versus c-sections?? Stupid question, of course you haven't. It's actually statistically safer for mother and twin A to go through a vaginal delivery than a c-section, and statistically the same risk vaginally for twin B than c-section. This mum did great. She's at what's called the second stage of labour which is after you reach 10cm dilated. Her baby's head shape suggests he spent a decent amount of time in the birth canal, probably half an hour or more. Video taping most likely started at crowning. The second stage of delivery is perfect for slowly pushing amniotic fluid out of the baby's lungs, and the fact it's not gasping for breath once out is normal. It is still experiencing gas exchange (breathing) via the umbilical cord. This is why new regulations to keep the cord in tact if the baby needs working on are coming in. Once you cut the cord, you cut off the oxygen supply and that in itself can put a baby not fully breathing with its lungs in jeopardy. |
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07-17-2016, 06:19 PM
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Re: Painful Birth on Bathroom Floor!
This could turn in to a lengthy discussion, oh well. There is currently not enough evidence on whether or not a baby that requires resuscitation should be left attached to the cord. Once that baby comes out the umbilical cord as a source of oxygen for the baby is considered done and over. You will never (well you can never really say never in medicine, so I guess really hard pressed) find a pediatrician or neonatologist (at least not one that likes their license in this litigiousness world) that would leave a blue, limp baby attached to the cord. If that baby isn't crying within a reasonable amount of time or there is some other reason for concern (meconium stained fluid prior to baby coming and then the subsequent delivery of a limp baby) that cord will be cut faster than you can imagine so the kiddo can be taken over and worked on per NRP guidelines. Despite what you think about modern medicine, it is evidence-based driven with large groups devising guidelines for resuscitation at every level of care. Don't like it? Have your baby at home and then you dont have to worry about it  Now delayed cord clamping? whew....thats a whole other can of worms. I'm actually a published author on the topic and we could discuss that another day. credibility: hundreds of deliveries in various hospitals and witnessing MANY NRPs for many different reasons. I have my quarrels about many things in medicine these days and believe me I'm not one of those "modern medicine IS THE BEST THING EVER TO HAPPEN TO MANKIND!!!" sort of docs. There are things I agree with and lots that I dont. |
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07-17-2016, 06:33 PM
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Re: Painful Birth on Bathroom Floor!
technically you're contraction timing doesn't matter for much in defining labor. Labor is contractions PLUS cervical changes. I've sent many a woman back home with contractions every few minutes but over a period of a few hours had ZERO change in their cervix. Its called latent labor. Active labor is generally defined as a cervix at 5cm (at my hospital it is 6cm) and admission occurs if a cervix is at that point. If someone comes in with regular contractions and a cervix of say, 2-3cm, we will have them go walking, go home or hang out in the L&D triage and then recheck the cervix in a few hours. If there is no change then they go home for good with return precautions (worsening contractions, leaking of fluid and/or blood, etc) because again, contractions PLUS cervix changes define labor. Some women contract all throughout the later weeks of gestation, or even the entire pregnancy (albeit these aren't strong contractions, but can be) and this can be very much so normal. |
