My hospital born baby, induction by gels, 8hr labour, synto to birth placenta had jaundice. My 3 water births at home, 1 same length and 2 shorter labours, no intervention, placenta attached around 3 hours after birth, no jaundice. Too many variables to suggest its one cause.
Off topic, did anyone see the birth on "All Saints" last night? Seen worse, but could have got her off the bed or at least on her front. Nice to hear the male nurse (ex-midwife?) use a calming voice and somewhat supporting to her needs, still TV loves to make it so exciting. Megan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lisa chalmers Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Induction and third stage labour My experience of this, is that if the cords are not cut until they have finished pulsing, babies seem to develop jaundice for longer..(that the usual standards) . That makes complete sense to me, since they get more blood than babes that had cords clamped and cut quickley. I'm sure I read somewhere that babies are deprived of as much as 25% of their blood volume by cutting the cord. Nearly everyone I know that did not cut the cord, had babies that developed Jaundice. Nothing serious just yellowing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Quanchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Induction and third stage labour > There are many reasons that influence whether a baby gets jaundiced or > not Two of these are 1. prematurity ( of the liver as well as dates, > some babies livers take ages to be efficient enough to clear the > jaundice. > > 2. Not passing mec soon after birth. The longer the mec stays inside > the more bilirubin is reabsorbed increasing the workload of the > immature system. This is usually influenced by how quickly the baby > is able to feed. > > The thing about synt is that it is often used to augment labour in a > woman who has been labouring for hours or to induce labour in a woman > who is not yet ready to go into labour and the result is a tired > mother and baby who often dont come together well to feed without good > assistance. This is often not forthcoming in the hurry to get things > cleaned up, the move to the postnatal ward and paper work to be done. > Ask your friend and she will probably not have seen jaundice in a > woman who has had synt but had a quick labour. Most women who birth > in hospitals have synt in some form or other for 3rd stage and the > level of jaundice in some settings is very low. I would suggest it > may be in direct relationship to the length of time until feeding is established. > > I think the whole reason synt is being used is the concern rather than > blaming the synt for jaundice alone. > > Andrea Q > On 06/10/2005, at 2:03 AM, Belinda wrote: > >> I have a friend who has been a ipm for many years and she believes >> that babies are more likely to get jaundiced when the mother has had >> synto, it makes sense of they get that extra unneccessary boost of blood. >> Belinda >> >> >> >> -- >> This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. >> Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. >> > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/119 - Release Date: > 4/10/2005 > > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
