Deprived of oxygen at birth - next urgent steps advice needed

[Josef23]

Hi

My sister in law and brother have had a child born this morning - second child daughter.

First child son was a traumatic birth emergency c section we did all push for them to have this time a planned c section but consultants convinced them to have normal birth which again resulted in emergency c section.

We are all distraught and I just want to help to help ensure that my brother is pushing the team to do the right things now to minimise any potential brain damage.

I have picked up a few things e.g. Apgar whilst reading other posts and hers was 7 then 9 then 10 after 10 minutes

She did suffer some oxygen loss and they will not give her cooling therapy as they have to cut through the belly button to do that and she is not bad enough to have that done.

Mother is distraught but getting better and can't really talk or do anything as she is fatigued and shattered.

Does Anyone know if that's a bare faced lie and if she can have cooling therapy?

I'm in tears thinking about the little one and just want to help her young innocent children babies shouldn't suffer.

Thanks

Josef

I am very sorry this has happened to your family although without knowing the full details you appear to e catastrophising this.
As others have said both the Ph values and apgar score were within normal limits.
However your uncalled for remarks about NHS staff really leave a bitter taste in my moutth, you made blanket assumptions and critical remarks that were really uncalled for.
As a Lawyer your brother will only be seeing families who tragically have had the worst outcomes... hardly a representative sample.
I think you should try and calm down and not be so monumentally judgemental.

Omfg you sound like my sil!! Overbearing pushy and intrusive!!
You have no business getting involved the way you have. Back off. Let them get on with it.

Wow you need a chill pill, and I thought I panicked! 7 apgar is fine, especially if it was 10 at 10 minutes. Anyone can put something on google, a doctor knows best - I know it's hard to listen to that as I still question doctors regarding my son and he's 2 months old but ultimately, we aren't doctors and they are. With regards to the NHS treating people like "simpletons", without the NHS they would have had to pay stupid money to have given birth to your niece and even if your niece did have all the problems you are saying she has, they would have to pay ridiculous money again for her treatment. My auntie and my brother are both doctors, one private and one nhs. They both went to exactly the same school and both have exactly the same qualifications - just one went one way and the other one went another way. Don't ruin what should be the best time of their lives with their baby