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Re: A quick birth

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 09:26:15 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Mary wrote: >
>My labor was induced, and I went from 4 centimeters to 10 in 15 minutes.
>My baby's heart rate dropped to 40 and I literally pushed the baby out
>in 5 minutes/ 4 pushes without my doctor. Apparently, the cord was
>tightly wrapped around the baby's wrist. His 1 minute apgar was 7 and
>the 5 minute was 9. I am concerned about the possible lack of oxygen to
>the baby and brian damage. How could this delivey have affected my son?
>Luke is now 3 1/2 weeks old, and the only potentially abnormal
>characteristic I see is muscle twitching when he is sleeping. Could
>this be an indication of cerebal palsey?

Mary

Sounds like all is ok. The apgars are normal, and it is very doubtful that braindamage would be sustained in that small amount of time. We all have muscle twitches when we sleep

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