RE: [ozmidwifery] Interesting..

[Wayne and Caroline McCullough]

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Having just birthed 17 days past my due date I am finding this thread interesting. I did have another Caesarean after a feotal well-being test showed no amniotic fluid at 16 days past EDD and when he came out there was both old and new mec staining but they never suctioned him as the pediatrician was satisfied he did not aspirate any. Interestingly, he cried as soon as they got his head out of the pelvis so he was breathing air well straight away.   With my first son, also born by caesarean but an emergency CS, he was covered in fresh mec. and he had some respitory distress 2 weeks after birth but I am not sure why. Could the MAS be related to the way the operation is handled perhaps or the level of shock an infant is exposed to at delivery (from drugs etc.)?   Reading this thread has also reassured me that we handled the situation with our second son's birth appropriately and made the right call.   Cheers,   Cas   ps: my new son Daniel did not have any signs of postmaturity at birth but cried real tears the day after he was born and seems older than his brother was at the same stage. He has also put on a whopping 1.5 kg in 3 weeks and is in some 00 clothes. Is this normal for an infant born at nearly 43 weeks? I just wonder if his growth rate is going to slow down at some stage. : )