Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does your pediatrician say?

We haven’t had a visit with our Peditrician yet. We have one scheduled in a few weeks. Our midwife is highly trained and experienced and has provided our postnatal care so far.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Babies are examined by a doctor in the hospital before release.
2. You have to bring the baby to the pediatrician at 1 week old.
3. Babies need vaccines, the first at birth and then starting the schedule at 2 months.
Op is definitely a troll.

OP delivered in a birthing center, not a hospital so you’re premise is wrong.

I know a woman who decided to deliver at home last year after getting offended that her OB wanted her to do prentatal testing. Had baby at home, then a couple of days later had to rush to the ER because baby was Turing blue and and baby was sent via helicopter to major medical center an hour north because she had a MAJOR heart defect. Totally would have been caught in utero or at the very least in the hospital as a newborn if the mom has seen real doctors instead of doing the hippy homebirth.

OP may be a troll but maybe someone will read this and decide to seek actual medical care.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friends baby was floppy and it was diagnosed as phelan-McDermid syndrome.

My kid has Phelan McDermid!! You don’t hear about it much.

But I will say, if this is not a troll. You need to go see a doctor. The reality is that there are “syndromic” features that can signal that testing for a genetic syndrome is in order. And there are many syndromes that end up with a child with syndromic features — not just Down syndrome. Odds are your child is FINE. But you should point out your concerns.

And getting tested for PPD/PPA may also be a good idea.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does your pediatrician say?

We haven’t had a visit with our Peditrician yet. We have one scheduled in a few weeks. Our midwife is highly trained and experienced and has provided our postnatal care so far.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can you tell that a 4 wk old has low muscle tone? No snark, being serious. I have several children too, but that's not something I would have noticed/known at that age. They can't do anything yet.

You absolutely can tell by the way the baby moves, or doesn't, and how the baby lies. In some cases it is quite obvious, which is why they refer to it as floppy baby syndrome. Low tone babies and kids feel heavier than same-weight babies of normal tone too. Think of how much heavier your child feels when you carry them in a deep sleep versus when awake.

Sorry this is incorrect.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Babies are examined by a doctor in the hospital before release.
2. You have to bring the baby to the pediatrician at 1 week old.
3. Babies need vaccines, the first at birth and then starting the schedule at 2 months.
Op is definitely a troll.

OP delivered in a birthing center, not a hospital so you’re premise is wrong.

I know a woman who decided to deliver at home last year after getting offended that her OB wanted her to do prentatal testing. Had baby at home, then a couple of days later had to rush to the ER because baby was Turing blue and and baby was sent via helicopter to major medical center an hour north because she had a MAJOR heart defect. Totally would have been caught in utero or at the very least in the hospital as a newborn if the mom has seen real doctors instead of doing the hippy homebirth.

OP may be a troll but maybe someone will read this and decide to seek actual medical care.

You can have a home birth without forgoing prenatal care. And the post birth exam the midwife did for my second kid was identical to the post birth exam my first kid got in the hospital.

Whatever happened with your friend's child, it wasn't because of a home birth.

Anonymous wrote:My friends baby was floppy and it was diagnosed as phelan-McDermid syndrome.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s possible. NIPT is not 100% and it is possible to get diagnosed at birth.

I would get to a pediatrician ASAP as they will be able to assess and order genetic testing to confirm.

Can I just request a blood test? She had a heal prick at birth that checked for PKU, cystic fibrosis and a few others but not DS. Our other children had more extensive labs drawn at their 6 week peditrician appointment but not sure if they test for Down syndrome specifically.

Would I need to request that directly?

That blood test/here prick test should have been done w/n 24 hrs Op!!

I CAnt believe your midwife didn't tell you to do that sooner (or at least get your baby to an actual pediatrician).

You can't wait on that. I'm betting there might be something on that blood panel your baby is positive for (metabolism deficiency is my guess).

- Signed Mom whose newborn came back positive for one of the metabolic tests/heel prick and so grateful it was discovered right away.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it’s possible. NIPT is not 100% and it is possible to get diagnosed at birth.

I would get to a pediatrician ASAP as they will be able to assess and order genetic testing to confirm.

Can I just request a blood test? She had a heal prick at birth that checked for PKU, cystic fibrosis and a few others but not DS. Our other children had more extensive labs drawn at their 6 week peditrician appointment but not sure if they test for Down syndrome specifically.

Would I need to request that directly?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Babies are examined by a doctor in the hospital before release.
2. You have to bring the baby to the pediatrician at 1 week old.
3. Babies need vaccines, the first at birth and then starting the schedule at 2 months.
Op is definitely a troll.

OP delivered in a birthing center, not a hospital so you’re premise is wrong.

I know a woman who decided to deliver at home last year after getting offended that her OB wanted her to do prentatal testing. Had baby at home, then a couple of days later had to rush to the ER because baby was Turing blue and and baby was sent via helicopter to major medical center an hour north because she had a MAJOR heart defect. Totally would have been caught in utero or at the very least in the hospital as a newborn if the mom has seen real doctors instead of doing the hippy homebirth.

OP may be a troll but maybe someone will read this and decide to seek actual medical care.