Melissa,
Shock ?
Rapid labours & births often result in shocked
infants. They are just not ready to be here.
The pres'n was probably irrelevant, unless a tight cord
round the neck had caused the hyperextended head in the first
place.
You'll probably never know, but sounds like you did a
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Last week I attended a birth with mentum anterior
(diagnosed on view). Head was born then 3 minutes later the rest of the
baby. Apgars 3, 5, 7, 7. Wt 4.7kgs, peri intact. Why were the
apgars at birth so low (no heart rate at all when born) and the fetal heart rate
had been fine during he
Dear oh dear. And how many of these women actually had undiagnosed PTSD
caused by birth trauma, I wonder? And how many had births in which no normal
physiological processes occurred to give them the capacity to care for their
newborn?
Sometimes I despair!
J
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And letting go is so vital when we face these slightly unusual situations
frequently. Last evening a woman really had no contractions to speak of at
all throughout her whole second stage of labour, she didn't even really have
any urges to push, but did so on the behest of her accoucheur. Eventually
Well it must have been the moon then…last
Friday my colleague and I went to see a woman for an antenatal appt, all well
at 39 weeks, and then 30 minutes later SROM while we were on our way to the
next appt, 40 minutes of labour, hubby rushing through the door, no equipment,
kids scissors bo
Hi Gloria, remember I said I would ask the
mother about posting her C/S Lotus Placenta on Midwifery Today? She said it is
fine with her.// Re the delay with the head before birth of the body? Lieve
said it might be the moon? A week ago I was 2nd midwife at a
lovely home waterbirth
I didn’t realise Bonny was in the
Hawkesbury area Abby. I‘ve been marking her doula assignments for Birth
Central – 6 degrees of separation!
Jo
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Ursula,
I have contacted Women’s Health Statewide
and they are looking through their resources.
You can go to their web site to see their publications to see if they
have it there…you would think a 12 year old document would have been up dated
by now though! www.whs.sa.gov.au
Let you
