What a fantastic story Sue. It helps the rest of us keep our faith up in the face of problems. Cheers Judy
--- Sue Cookson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I thought to let you know about a lovely homebirth of twins on > Monday > 4th July. > Two little boys, 6lb7oz and 5lb 12oz, born 10.5 hours apart. > SRM 3.30 am and birth of baby #1 at 6.49am. > Then a few hours where ctxs were fairly regular but not so > strong unless > baby#1 was breastfeeding. You could see the second baby > positioning > itself and the uterus working hard to pull down into shape for > baby#2. > I'd clamped the cord of baby#1 after 10 mins in case of > bleedthrough, > and clamped the other end as well so that the placenta > retained its size > until after baby#2 was born. > After about 4 hours I asked to check baby #2 position. It was > too hard > to palpate so I did a VE and found head there, not well > applied, but > there. Cervix was 9 ish cms. > So we waited, fetal heart always good and strong. Set up the > pool and > mother relaxed for an hour or so with ctxs beginning to pick > up again. > She decided to hop out and at 5.05 pm baby#2 emerged in his > caul. She > birthed the placenta unaided 35 minutes later. Blood loss > 300ml. (Her Hb > and ferritin levels were both low). > > It was a huge leap of faith, but there was nothing happening > to raise > any alarm bells. Both babies are really gorgeous, feeding well > and very > happy. > I am once again humbled by the strength of women .... > > Sue > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or > unsubscribe. > ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Try Yahoo! Photomail Beta: Send up to 300 photos in one email! http://au.photomail.mail.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
