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

@Seryse that's reassuring that it's normal. I don't remember my last baby being like this but I was out of then then. Haha not sure. Thankyou for taking the time to post. I will try to just enjoy the newborn stage now x

@PickledScrump wow bless him he must of been so scared. I agree it should be more talked about. There's no much out there to reassure us either.

@Blingstar haha that's all I do these days watch Netflix shows to get me though night feeds. They wake me up so I'm not so tired haha!

@RiderofRohan thanks for posting. It's also good to hear from a health care professional. I'm glad it's normal. My little one wasn't floppy however just looked blue but had good tone. Good apgar too. We were discharged the next day and the NIPE was normal too. I was just surprised about what I read about blue babies online

I can't thank everyone enough for posting and reassuring me. I hope this helps someone else too x

Those are excellent Apgar scores, which is very reassuring. Try watching One Born Every Minute or similar: loads of healthy baby look a shocking colour in the first few minutes.

@TheChosenTwo
Yeah, these days I don't think anyone would be left to labour that long with a breech birth. They would do an emergency caesarean. Apparently nurses were delaying the end of their shift to come and see the "miracle baby".