Hello again, (been offline for a week).
Regarding mec liquor at birth, again - just the mechanics of it.
The baby can not only aspirate from the mec stained liquor at
delivery as it emerges from the uterus, it is also possible for the
baby to aspirate from it's own gastric contents, i.e. regurgita
Found these couple of articles on the net, but can't find anything to say that the 'squeeze' doesn't happen. These also don't say that it is necessary to have the squeeze either as the fluid is reabsorbed by various methods. Interesting again... Gayle
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Thanks for your reply Marilyn. Your apneic baby could be the result of a placental insufficiency, cord compression, anaemia of the mother and generally any condition that will lead to a lack of oxygen to supply the baby through the placenta, including true or false knots in the cord. Respira
y to have lungs with tissue choked with old meconium when birthed by elective caesarean because of poor CTG's? MM
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Babies lungs are filled with a special fluid that
Babies lungs are filled with a special fluid that is quite separate to amniotic fluid. It is called Fetal Lung Fluid (FLF). This is what is expelled as the baby is squeezed through the birth canal. The baby occasionally 'spits' a little of this into the amniotic fluid, as a result of fe
Just thinking about the question of hip/belly pain.
This could be as a result of a growing uterus stretching the broad and round ligaments.
You need to rule out the presence of infection from a UTI, perhaps advancing to the kidneys as in pyelonephritis.
Vaginitis, chorioamnionitis, can
