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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both of my kids were born vaginally but both came out limp and blue and not breathing.  They each had a full NICU team waiting.  Both are fine because of my medical team.  I would never ever feel comfortable with a home birth after my experiences.

My first got stuck on my hooked tailbone (an issue never previously identfied), which had to broken and she needed a vaccum assist to get over the broken bone.  Totally unexpected.  Very painful and scary as her heart rate started dropping while they tried to solve the mystery of why she was stuck in the birth canal. She was crowning when the issue arose--not at good time for a hospital transfer.

My second was larger than her ultrasounds predicted.  Shoulder dydystocia-i.e., she got stuck after her head had come out.  Very, very dangerous and very scary.  A midwife might have been able to get her out, but in the hospital I had 6 people assisting.  Some pushing on my stomach.  Some getting things for the doctor.  There is no way a single midwife (or even two) would have been as efficient and every second counts as the baby is being suffocated.  I am enormously glad for the NICU team who immediately treated my limp, blue, not breathing baby when she came out. [/quote]

Do you realize it's super common for all babies to come out like that? They're getting oxygen from the attached cord. You just think the "full NICU team" saved the day. [/quote]

NO. No, no ,no.

Babies usually cry at incision or perineum, depending on how delivered. Being limp is not normal. They may not be fully flexed and may be acrocyanotic, but they should be able to transition better than "limp, blue, and not breathing." That's a really low APGAR. [/quote]My first was hospitalized for several extra days because of jaundice caused by bruising from birth trauma.  I don't recall her APGAR but it wasn't good and she had internal bleeding.

My second had an APGAR of 1 initially (only a low heart beat), rising to 4 at 5 minutes.  She was in rough shape because she didnt get oxygen from the cord the entire time she was wedged in the birth canal.

Neither baby came out normal. Both babies needed serious attention immediately at birth.  Both were natural deliveries.[/quote]

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