OBEM

[Emmanana]

Who's watching???

oh no william is vent

looks like she had other risk factors then, explains it

Giraffes - ye 2 are on CPAP, one is on a vent. Poor little things not the greatest start to life, lets hope they are fighters.

DS was on CPAP when he was 8 weeks old, its seeing little ones like that that makes me realise why they said he was big compared to babies normally using it!

And that is the most expensive machine in the hospital! Aren't you lucky!

Aww I love nancy the receptionist!

oh, lovely lovely

ShowofHands Did they let him in with you? Have wondered if you can insist...

Oh the MIL wipped that baby away pretty quick didnt she!?

Decels during contractions are fairly normal and can be allowed to see what happens up to a certain point. Decels which persist after the end of a contraction are not normal and are an indication for immediate section and so, in a way even more so, are decels when a woman is not having contractions at all yet, as was the case here.

I had an emergency cs. I had to wait nearly 2hrs for an anaesthetist to turn up from the point it was decided. Different situation in some way but dd was showing early decels too. Emergency can mean lots of things. Booked elcs ladies who go into early labour become emcs when there's no 'emergency' about it though the cs is necessary. I think they just don't tell you everything on obem.

whats the matter with gino?

oh, god, what happened?!!!??? what a heartbreaking crying sound

Is Gino just in NICU to go under the bililights?

Yes dh was allowed in with me. The midwife fought my corner. I was in a bit of a state.

oh dear,

great name
don't understand why Gino had no scbu even though six weeks early? Is thats normal?

2 hours wait! No wonder.

I thought that too Nota

Can be if they're big enough and strong enough, but they monitor them pretty closely.

I'd been fully dilated for 8hrs, labouring for a couple of days. I was incoherent. I can't remember most of it tbh.

i think it's more to do with weight than gestation
i think babies over 5lb are usually ok

Gino looked pretty big and healthy.

Just because an urgent CS is not a crash section it doesn't mean that it's not neccessary.

When my daughter was born there were a good 2 hours between decision and her being cut out, but there was no way that she ever had made it out the "normal" way.

It really gets on my tits when sections get poopooed as unneccessary, just because there's still time to prepare, when the decision is made in the best interest of the child.

MIL looks LOVELY!