Re: [ozmidwifery] Interesting..

[Mary Murphy]

Thanks Gayle for your very informative information.  The answer to all of your questions is No.  The mother was planning a normal birth.She was cared for  by her own midwife during pregnancy, saw an obstetrician several times for shared care. Problem free pregnancy. There was no labour. Term plus 4days.  Reported a slow down of movements during the day.  Attended a labour ward for monitoring in the early hours of the morning.  Poor CTG (don't know the details of this)  Had a C/S at 5am.  and a very poorly baby was born.thickly covered in old, yellow, thick mec    Was on a ventilator for about 5 days.  I don't believe there was any organisms cultured altho I am sure that this major hospital would have covered all bases.  MM   Gayle wrote: Mary, I would really like to know a little more of the ante natal and intrapartum details of the MSL/MSA C/S baby.  Also whether any organism was cultured from the baby's aspirate (if taken).  Was there any ROM prior to delivery?  Was mother anaemic, healthy, laboring prior to C/S? Febrile, negative GBS /other culture?  Gayle