Ds is 2.5 and absolutely fine, and I don't have any issues with the care I recieved when he was born (it was fab!), but something I heard the midwife say has always stuck in my mind and I wondered if anyone knew what it meant.
I had an epidural and was being continuously monitored, at one point the midwife went to fetch a senior midwife, showed her the trace and said 'what do you think, there's a few 'earlies' here'. I can't remember the timescale of events, but later the consultant came, had a good feel around and I was taken to theatre for a try with the ventouse and ended up having a section.
What did the midwife mean by 'earlies', was it early signs that the baby might be in distress? It never occurred to me at the time to ask her (18 hours in labour, brain a bit fuddled!), but as I'm still wondering 2.5 years later I just thought I'd ask if anyone knew.
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'Earlies' on monitoring trace
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igivein · 17/03/2009 14:58
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