Re: 'not a good ride', he said

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>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Kristy)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
><pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: 'not a good ride', he said
>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:05:33 -0600
>
>Thank you to all the docs who answered my questions during my pregnancy.
>My precious daughter was born December 5th after 12 hours of labor. I
>vomited the whole labor - a strange side affect of the epidural [It was
>the first one I'd ever had]. During my labor, towards the latter end,
>the baby's heart rate would go down to about 90 DURING contractions. My
>doc said that this was because she did "not have a good ride". He said,
>"She was hurting". What exactly do baby's suffer that would cause their
>heart rates to go down during contractions? What do you think my doc
>meant by "not a good ride, she was hurting"? I was too delirious to ask
>at the time.
>
>Secondly, my baby was born with Polycythemic Hyperviscocity. For some
>reason, it made her blood sugar levels go way low [to 14]. [Why do
>sugar levels go down with this condition??] Her heart was really
>enlarged as a result. She had to spend a week in a hospital for
>children. She developed jaundice. Upon discharge, her billirubin level
>was 11 and when she was two weeks old, I took her to the pediatrician
>and her level was 16.8. Is this too high? What is considered too high?
>My baby will be six weeks old this coming wednesday and she is still
>really yellow. How long can a baby be jaundiced? Should I take her back
>in to be checked? I figured she'd be over this jaundice by now. She
>seems to sleep a LOT [like 21 hours a day]. Please help me understand
>this jaundice stuff. The things I've read on the internet and in
>archives seem so general. Please help.
>Thanks again....Kristy B. P.s. my baby is GORGEOUS and a pure joy!!!
>

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