My dd choked on a coin

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Dd age 3 choked on a 1p coin last week. She put it in her mouth and it moved and blocked her airway. She couldn't speak or cough or breathe and she looked absolutely terrified. I did back slaps straight away, about 7 or 8 really hard ones and that dislodged it and then she could breathe again. We took her to get checked out in A&E and she's fine, she had swallowed it and it was all ok. I can't stop thinking about that moment where time stopped and my baby couldn't breathe.

I’m glad DD is okay. That must have been a terrifying experience for you all

Oh, how terrifying. Well done to you for your presence of mind in acting.

Sounds terrifying but sounds like you handled it perfectly, well done. Many people may have frozen in fear, you saved your daughters life.

It will pass, it does get easier. The 'what if' will start to fade, you have a story to tell. We joke about DS choking incident now, it was about 15 years ago, but that didn't come easy it does take time. I'm glad your DD is ok

You poor thing, I had a similar incident with my daughter when she was younger. My older daughter have her a flat sweet and it was like you described, no noise just quiet. I dislodged it with huge back blows too but I'll never forget that feeling just like you describe of time stopping. You're playing out the other scenario in your head now but it's ok, she's ok and, as a pp said, in time it won't feel so immediate and intense

You should be very proud of yourself. Your quick action and control could possibly have saved her life. It must be a terrible shock now but try to turn it into a positive, you handled an incredibly stressful situation brilliantly. Thank goodness you were there.

❤️ So glad your dd is ok and well done to you!

Our eldest did the same when he was 3 years old as well. He was given a coin by a grandparent and we didn't know he had it. We would usually take coins off the children straight away, whenever they had any given to them, and put them in their money box on top of their wardrobes. It was one of the scariest moments in our lives. I broke down in tears afterwards.

He also did it again when he was 10. We were at a family party and he had one of those blower things that have the foil strips attached. One foil came loose and he sucked it to the back of his throat through the plastic tube thing and he couldn't stop it. It was too far down his throat. I had to get him to follow my instructions and lean over my lap and that I would hit him hard to get it out. I broke down in tears again afterwards. I apologised to him for hurting him but he said "it's okay mum, you were just protecting me. You had to get it out. Thanks mum. I love you" and he gave me a big hug.

You did amazingly well. You should be so proud of yourself. Your dd is OK because of you and your calm and quick actions. It will take a while for you to put it out of your mind. You do think of the what ifs and the could haves, as it is so recent for you, but none of those things happened. Your dd is safe and well now and that is because of you. She would probably say exactly the same to you as my son said to me aged 10.

We had a similar thing with DGS and a breadstick.

Me, DH and DD his mother were present.

DH tried Heimlich but maybe not hard enough as didn't want to damage him, we all tried thumping him between shoulder blades, turned him upside down!

Eventually dislodged it and he vomited, never been so pleased to see a pile of sick!

It occurred to me after a few days that it must have seemed really weird to him that we all thumped him! Not something we usually do, so I did instigate an explanatory conversation with him.

He was 4 so a bit older and he listened and understood, but might be worth doing the same with your DD, it must be a bit confusing for them!

Well done though, bloody hell, the rising panic is awful.

Thank you all for your kind words. I'm thankful and relieved that I was able to help and that my dd is alive and well. Hopefully I'll stop flashing back to it with time.

Really big well done, as pp said you ought to be so proud of yourself for acting so quickly.

Look into getting a LifeVac, under £15 on Amazon, just for peace of mind.

My dd choked silently on an ice cube. It was thanks to a thread like this that I instinctively knew she was choking. So not only have you done well to save your child, your post might just stick in someone's mind and save another.