Blue/ purple baby at birth

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Hi I wonder if anyone has experienced this and what the outcome was.

My baby was born last month and I looked at pictures my birth partner took at time of birth and he looked purple/blue when he came out and then pinked up ok

Muscle tone was perfect and wasn't floppy and he breathed in his own fine and cried with Apgar of 9 and then 10. So uneventful and no intervention required

It was a elected c section. He pinked up and has been fine since at new born Check and since been fine too.

I read online this can be due to minor oxygen deprivation at time of birth and even more worse things.

Have you experienced this? How was you baby developing since? Thanks in advance

Um, babies generally come out blueish! They get their oxygen through the placenta and once they start breathing they pink up quite quickly (though hands and feet can be blueish for a day or so).. they basically all have minor oxygen deprivation for a few moments.

It's normal!!

Only a problem if they are REALLY blue or don't go pink...and they won't have APGAR scores of 9 or 10 in that case!!!!! For example my DS1 had the cord round his neck several times and was in distress... he was navy when he came out and needed resusitation (and his stomach pumped as he had swallowed a lot of meconium)

My 2 yr old DGS was born after a terrible labour and with meconium aspiration, was also BLUE and in neonatal intensive care with wires and tubes everywhere, and a high chance of serious damage/ not surviving.

Both are , luckily, fine.

A baby with high apgar scores and no intervention needed is a WELL baby.

@Sonolanona
Thanks for your response. To be honest it didn't happen to me DD she wasn't bluish when she was born so I thought it might not be the norm.

I agree, you really don't need to worry about a blueish moment or two at birth with a baby with apgar scores of 9 and 10, no interventions needed – it's incredibly common. Congratulations on your lovely DS!

@skkyelark thank you x