A baby strangled by its own umbilical cord?
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its sad, but it happens
Incredibly sad and happens too often. Babies are so fragile and precious and must be monitored so gingerly.
This is very true! For some unknown reason, the cord can get wrapped around the babies neck inside the womb before it delivers or, during the delivery, it can get tangled around the neck and actually get "strangled" by the umbilical cord. I know this is very hard for a mother that has gone thru 9 months of pregnancy and then to lose it, it would devastate me.
My brother was born stillborn due to strangulation by umbilical cord back in 1975. It is one of those things that can and always will happen cos you can not be monitored by ultrasound etc 24/7
its a regular obs problem
Im a nurse in OB and so many newborns are born into the world with the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck and/or tied in true knots that this is more common and we just sometimes get warning signs early on to alert us to these occurrances, but too often we dont and there are some newborns that dont make it. Fetal monitoring is evolving so hopefully and eventually this too will become a thing of the past.
umbilical cord around the neck of the baby is common, with recent advances of medical technology, it is easy to prevent the death of the baby. continuous monitoring of the baby's heart rate, and movements when the mother is in labour, if there is any change in the heart rate further tests are done to see whether the baby is asphyxiated. if it shows positive signs then an Cesarean section is done to deliver the baby.
it's a horrible and tragic event...but it does occassionally still happen...
YES IT CAN HAPPEN! my son ( 17 years ago) had the cord around his neck at birth. it's a VERY good thing that my labor was quick. i made it to the hospital as he was "crowning". his heart rate was VERY LOW and i had no urge to push. because his head was visable it was to late to do a c-section with his heart rate at 55 (versus the usual 135 bpm) SO, the doctor used forcepts to deliver him. when the doctor saw the cord he UNLOOPED it from his neck before the shoulders came out. i'm so very thankful that i had no urge to push... if i had not ONLY would he have been born on the way to the hospital BUT his cord would have been the death of him... it almost was anyhow!
it happened to my mother 11 yrs ago and she lost a baby boy just before the date of dilevery with two days. it was going to happen to me but thank God i had a c-section. the dr couldnt see it in the ultrasound but she sensed sth was wrong when the baby's heartbeats read 180/bmp, she told me the rope was tied aroiund her neck twice. now i have a lovely baby girl thank God.
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