Comments on: Placental Transfusion for Neonatal Resuscitation After a Complete Abruption

By: Rachana Shivam Evans

Rachana Shivam Evans — Tue, 30 May 2017 07:11:08 +0000

In reply to Rainey Martin.

Hi Rainey Lotus Birth is available as an ebook and you can see http://www.lotusbirth.net

By: Rainey Martin

Rainey Martin — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:49:58 +0000

Curious about lotus births…what is your experience and do you have references to support this practice? Thank you.

By: Top 10 Posts of 2015 | AWHONN Connections

Top 10 Posts of 2015 | AWHONN Connections — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:35:11 +0000

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By: Fritzie St John

Fritzie St John — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 00:20:08 +0000

As midwives, we have been delaying cord clamping as a standard protocol for decades. I am so pleased to see the pendulum swinging so that we can save newborns born prematurely with the possibility of no neurological deficits.

By: amanda julia

amanda julia — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:13:25 +0000

In reply to Melissa Trebus Davis. Dear Melissa, I don't have any answers for you about the birth or loss of your son, but I just wanted to send my condolences and a strong, long hug. Your story brought me to tears. I am so sorry that you went through such pain and trauma, and I can only imagine the magnitude of emotions you must continue to feel, especially since your memories are blurred and strained. It makes sense that finding a sense of closure and peace with what has happened would be incredibly difficult for anyone, but maybe even more so without having clear answers or memories. I am so sorry and my heart goes out to you and your family. I hope you are able to find some peace. Your angel baby sounds like a beautiful little soul, even if his time earth side was brief. Love and light!

By: Rosanne Gephart

Rosanne Gephart — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 01:11:07 +0000

One small edit. Placentas can not pump….but the baby’s heart was still pumping blood to the placenta in an attempt to oxygenate the baby’s brain and vital organs. Not cutting the cord allowed the baby to receive the blood from the placenta and kept the baby’s blood pressure more stable. All babies should remain attached to their placentas, when ever possible, until they have made the transition to extrauterine life. They know when to stop using the placenta!

By: Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD

Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:55:10 +0000

What a wonderful story of a great rescue and sharp thinking by the OB team! Please keep sharing stories like these so that we can all learn from your experiences!

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Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:27:03 +0000

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By: Melissa Trebus Davis

Melissa Trebus Davis — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:52:10 +0000

Just wondering if this would have worked on my son when he was born! April 2, 2003, I was at 27weeks gestation and had a great pregnancy. That day I started having abdominal pain in my stomach pouch. This pain was up higher than my abdomen. I had a Roun-Y Gastric Bypass December 2000. That’s how I knew it was in the pouch. I had these pains before but would always go away. That day they didn’t. I was brought to the local hospital that I worked at by my neighbor. My husband wasn’t home at the time, he had to meet me there. First of all, my other neighbor just so happened to call and check up on me. I told her what was happening, that I was on the floor rocking back and forth crying in pain. She called the local hospital that I worked at and they said that they wouldn’t take me because it wasn’t my primary hospital. She then called my primary hospital and told them what was going on and they called the other hospital and I guess they demanded they take me. They were sister hospitals. I didn’t think I could make it to my primary due to the tremendous pain I was in. When my other neighbor was driving me that’s when I pretty much blacked out I guess. I only remember a few details like vomiting up black stuff and ripping my clothes of when I got to my room from being hot I guess. They were feeding me pain meds, morphine was one of them and GI cocktails. This all was in the evening. The internal medicine doctor ordered an US in the morning and wasn’t done until around 10am. He then consulted a surgeon. When that surgeon seen the US results he immediately called my Gastric Bypass doctor that did my surgery. He was also a general surgeon. He said to transfer me STAT. I was diagnosed with Intussuseption and was going septic. So all this time that I laid in that hospital because that IM doc never ordered anything STAT, my body was shutting down and going septic. The order was written at 5pm on April 3 and I didn’t get transferred until 11pm. I guess all the ambulances were busy that night due to an ice storm. When I finally arrived I guess I went straight to ICU as they prepared the OR room for my emergency surgery. All this time, I believe my baby was still doing fine. Although there is one section in my records that looks like they didn’t monitor my baby or that nurse forgot to write it down.My surgeon performed an emergency bowel resection at 3am on April 4 and took a foot of my bowel out. I also ended up with pancreatitis, a collapsed left lung, and ascites. I had two red robinson drains coming out of me to drain the pancreatic fluid and a feeding tube put in later because the fluid was eating a hole in my pouch because when I was trying to eat even though I was on TPN, my food was coming out of my red robinson drains. When I was in recovery they had a helicopter on stand by so that when I was done recovering they were going to fly me to a children’s hospital so that if I did go into labor they would have a NICU which the hospital that I was currently at didn’t have one. Well, while I was in recovery I went into labor. So I went back to the OR for emergency C-Section. They said they did all they could to save the baby. They then gave my son to my husband. He said our son took two breaths then died. So, I’m wondering if this procedure would have saved my son? Probably not though. He was septic because I was septic. I don’t know what all they did to try and save him. My family almost lost me to. I was in the hospital due to all the complications that I had. After I finally got out of the hospital I went to see the pediatrician that worked on my son. I wanted to know what really was the cause of my son’s death. The death certificate said Hypoxia. I didn’t get a straight answer out of the pediatrician. Was it Hypoxia? Sepsis? I know it wasn’t a still born, so I guess it was considered a newborn death? My son was 2# 14oz. and 14″ long. He would have had red hair like me from what I can tell from the pictures. I still to this day get angry at myself because I wish I would have told my neighbor to take me to my primary hospital. I should have known better to go to a small town hospital, but I didn’t think I could handle the pain driving that far away. It was a 35min drive. I thought that because I was an employee at that first hospital that I went to, I would have been treated better and faster. I should have had my parents drive me instead of waiting on that ambulance. I don’t remember hardly anything that happened. I was so drugged up because I was so sick that I don’t remember. I don’t remember having my son’s bassinet next to me in the ICU. Or me holding him or his features. I don’t even remember holding him a couple days later when they took him out of the morgue for my inlaws to be able to see him. We had him in the morgue because they had to fly in from out of state. I vaguely remember any of it from the day I first went in to the day I got released which was a month later. All I have are pictures of him to look at, not the memory of holding him or seeing in with my own eyes. That’s why I get so angry!!! Anyway, I know you all didn’t need to hear that story, but I figured if I only gave minor details, that someone would ask me questions to go into more detail.

By: Donna Brown

Donna Brown — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:34:02 +0000

Beautiful.