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| Mommy2Brendan | October 9 2009, 07:57 AM Post #1 |
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Well, my cousin was supposed to have her baby girl at 37 wks and the doctor did the amnio then to see if the lungs were well developed but supposedly they weren't so he decided to do the wait & see approach then check again. What he should have done find out if there was a other reason for 'supposed lack of lung maturity' like a stress test, bio physical profile, and a cord flow check which I know are out there I had those done with brendan when he was measuring behind in growth and she would have been been rushed up to get an Emergency C-section and I'm for sure her lungs would have been fine but instead because of the doctors wait and see approach . My cousin went in two days after because she didn't feel her baby move and she delievered her baby girl who had already passed away because of the cord wrapped around her neck hence the reason why the lungs didn't seem develop because of the cord making her little girl not breathe properly inside of her otherwise she would have breathed just fine when she was out proably on her own too. I'm totally devestated and saddened for her loss after all it was her first little girl after 2 boys. |
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| MissAngi | October 10 2009, 09:52 AM Post #2 |
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OMG!!!! How sad!!!! :-( My prayers are with your family. Are they going to file a malpractice lawsuit? OMG they should!!!!!!!!! There is no excuse, he should have been more careful!! How sad... 37 weeks... wow!! :( (I'm tearing up just thinking about it!!) |
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| Mommy2Brendan | October 10 2009, 11:31 AM Post #3 |
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They proably didn't know the options and i would have thought if a cord issue would cause a odd heartbeat . So they proably won't sue because they proably thought the doc took a best option of the wait and see because they wanted her to breathe on her own . They proably thought if the doc didn't think of it odd then it proably was okay to sadly wait. i had an amnio done with brendan at 20 wks wouldn't an amnino to check lung results be done with a u/s too at the last trimester ? Wouldn't an u/s show irregular heart rates if so ? |
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| rach679 | October 10 2009, 04:05 PM Post #4 |
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That is terrible - I'll be praying for sure! That happened to my aunt before I was born. The cord was wrapped around the baby's neck I think 2 or 3 times and was born still. It happened again to her 2nd child. Not sure about the other two, but I know they almost lost my cousin, but didn't thankfully. Usually when they do an amino, they use an ultrasound to guide the needle to make sure that they don't poke the baby, placenta, or cord while doing the amino. I've never heard of anywhere NOT using an ultrasound to guide the needle. I'm sure if they noticed any abnormalities (slow heart beat, or visible cord around the neck) they would have rushed her for a c-section. Or at least I would hope so!! I believe also, if they are going to deliver prior to 39 weeks here, they do have to do a growth profile along with the animo. Did they have any concerns about the baby not growing, or developing well? What was the reason for the animo? If they had suspicions that something wasn't right, it is neglect. Although as far as abnormal heart beats - ultrasounds and Doppler really don't tell OB's much. DD has a CHD, but chances are even a fetal electrocardiogram wouldn't detect what she has. They only detect the major abnormalities. They can see and hear the heart beat. And if when they calculate the heart rate via those machines and notice it is abnormally low for either that baby or in general they should do fetal monitoring to ensure everything is ok. I had at least 10 ultrasounds while I was pregnant with Hailey, and never once did they expect or foresee a heart defect of any kind. |
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| Mommy2Brendan | October 10 2009, 04:38 PM Post #5 |
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i don't think they had any suspcions that anything was wrong even with amnio was to check to see if the lungs were mature and they weren't. She was 37 wks pg at the time of the amnio but of course she still thinks her doctor is amazing and believes her daughter saved her life because her uterus was very thin & could have ruptured if waited any more longer. So I'm for sure both of the doctor was clueless and my cousin is overweight so who knows what heart rate was with her pg . i guess since they saw it on the u/s that thought things would be good and cori was still feeling movement until her baby died so i wonder if really the doctor thought it was normal for lungs to not be mature at 37 wks ? |
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| rach679 | October 10 2009, 05:00 PM Post #6 |
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It is totally possible for lungs not to be mature at 37 wks - who knows every baby is different. And really, everything COULD have been fine at the time of the amino but afterword the baby could have been doing summer salts and got the cord twisted around and couldn't untwist it. So many "what ifs." The only reason I ask why they were having an animo for lung maturity is because they typically only do that if the mother or baby's health is ask risk for whatever reason (pre-e, placenta or cord issues, prior c-section history, growth restrictions, etc). If the doc suspected that the baby was NOT growing as she should, and used a wait and see approach it may be medical neglect not to order more testing to make sure the baby was ok. |
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| Mommy2Brendan | October 10 2009, 10:14 PM Post #7 |
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She had 2 c-sections before and they wanted to deliver her at 37 wks but didn't because the lungs were supposedly not mature . yeah no one really knows when the cord incident happen but my cousin hubby said it was really wrapped around her neck very very tight. |
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| rach679 | October 11 2009, 06:31 AM Post #8 |
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gptcha. that makes sense without any other evidence it stinks. How are they holding up? |
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| Mommy2Brendan | October 11 2009, 11:06 AM Post #9 |
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The mom is holding up supposedly well with high faith and I'm like wow how can she be so strong after a full term infant loss ? |
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