Sentences with phrase «cord prolapses»

They used to have women with cord prolapses come in on the back of flatbed trucks, having been driven for hours with a traditional birth attendant holding the head off the cord.

About half of cord prolapses occur during the pushing stage of labour.

I'm sitting here hoping to god that there are no SD's, cord prolapses, placental abruptions or other things that require prompt expert care, and for which a 40 - minute trip to the nearest hospital won't be even nearly adequate (not sure of the length of trip for both couples, but that is the distance for one of them in light traffic).

Umbilical cord prolapse may result in a c - section if the baby starts showing signs of distress during labor.

We are also trained to deal with complications such as cord prolapse, breech, shoulder dystocia, hemorrhage, placental abruption, and many others.

These include vaginal bleeding not associated with bloody show, labor not progressing, issues with the delivery of the placenta, baby or mother showing signs of distress, meconium in the amniotic fluid or umbilical cord prolapse.

I'm also trained to manage complications such as cord prolapse, breech, shoulder dystocia, hemorrhage, placental abruption, placenta previa and many others.

Although tragic, cord prolapse and AFE occur rarely at homebirth, 1/5000 and 1/500, 000 respectively, when balanced with the dozens of acute emergency conditions endangering the health of mother and baby that occur at planned hospital birth caused by intervening in the birth process, the scales tip easily in favor of planned attended homebirth for low risk women.

Cords prolapse.

What about cord prolapse?

AFE and Cord prolapse are the only acute conditions that have better outcomes in hospital.

It happens so rarely that the rate of death from AFE (1/1, 000,000) and cord prolapse (1/100, 000) at homebirth is a miniscule fraction of the maternal mortality (1/5, 000) and perinatal mortality (1.7 / 1000) from elective cesarean surgery in hospital (34).

Research reveals that there are only 2 acute conditions that might occur at homebirth in which the mother or baby may have a better outcome had they planned a hospital birth, namely: Cord prolapse and Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE).

It is not known what the rates of AFE or cord prolapse occur at home, in the absence of AROM.

Rupturing your membranes also puts you on a clock, has a greater chance of cord prolapse meaning emergency, increases your risk of infection and takes away your baby's buffer to the strong contractions caused by Pitocin, your epidural can slow labor, making you unable to move and / or push effectively, doesn't allow for proper fetal descent, you will most likely have a catheter placed to your bladder, increasing risk of bladder infections, and if all else fails, at 5PM, you will have a C / S at 5PM before your baby gets too tired or sick to continue laboring (because the doctor is tired of waiting).

One of my births had 2 full CPMS and 2 apprentices, another had 2 CPMs and 1 assistant (that practice, to their credit, runs drills for things like SD and cord prolapse), the last had 1 CNM and 1 CPM.

VBAC mothers are counseled and screened to determine their appropriate candidacy for homebirth; however, VBAC in itself does not pose a higher risk in most cases, than any other unforeseeable birthing event such as a cord prolapse, fetal distress or postpartum hemorrhage.

Cord prolapse, abruption, meconium aspiration, an undetected congenital malformation... there is a long list of potential catastrophes where life or death can be decided in a matter of minutes.

Usually this is done for an emergency with Twin B, like a cord prolapse (when the cord comes out with or before the baby, thereby cutting off the baby's oxygen supply.)

Eileen puts uterine rupture into perspective in a playful and understandable way, for example, you are more likely to be in a bicycle accident, to be murdered, to die of heart disease, to have a cord prolapse or to have twins.

Then there are acute catastrophes like abruption, cord prolapse, HELLP, amniotic fluid embolism, pulmonary embolism, DVT, fetal bradycardia, post partum hemorrhage, and meconium aspiration.

I lost my son... in Feb 2013 at 40 weeks 2 days during delivery, the last pushes killed him official cause was cord prolapse.

Also incidence rates for cord prolapse is around 4 per thousand, abruption 1 in 100, severe abruption 1 in 800.

Yeah, that will help if she has a cord prolapse.

She planned a homebirth with the same CPM despite her history of a previous C - section, a macrosomic baby, an occult cord prolapse and a postpartum hemorrhage.

And when I pointed out that their complacence wouldn't help with a cord prolapse, an unrecognised placenta praevia, any other kind of APH or an unexpected breech they replied that statistically it wasn't worth worrying about.

And emergency procedures at hospitals commonly save babies from abruptions and cord prolapse.

So you asked the OB what the incidence of cord prolapse was?

Term pregnancy, transferred in first stage, cord prolapse discovered with artificial rupture of membranes in hospital

This would include a greater incidence of cord prolapse, fetal malpresentation, placental abruption, and postpartum hemorrhage.

I don't think she knows what a cord prolapse is.

She had a cord prolapse during her precipitous, unplanned home birth.

KelleyWithEagerHands must be the same person that said in comments over there that paramedics on the scene of a precipitous birth w / cord prolapse should have saved the baby (my baby) with forceps.

When the water breaks there is the slight risk of the cord prolapsing or falling down into the birth canal prior to birth.

However, in a typical VBAC after one cesarean candidate, they are no more likely than other serious risks, like the risks of cord prolapse, shoulder dystocia or serious fetal distress.

When this 20 % risk of death is compared to the 0.02 % rate of cord prolapse during labor at homebirth that might have a better outcome if it happened in hospital, this means that a low risk woman has a 1000 times higher chance of having a life threatening complication either to her life or her fetus / newborns life at planned hospital birth, than if she plans to have an attended homebirth with a well - trained practitioner.

I think the slightly increased risk to me is «wholly warranted» to ensure my baby avoids certain risks like shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse and oxygen deprivation during labor.

I consider MRCS my best chance for an «excellent birth outcome» considering that it practically eliminates the possibility of fetal birth injuries due to things like shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, and oxygen deprivation during labor (which is very common).

Cord prolapse occurs at about 1/400 low risk hospital births and about 1/5, 000 (0.02 %) homebirths and only where rupturing membranes is not restricted.

Cord prolapse definitely has better outcomes when it happens in hospital but when it occurs during labor it is usually caused by the routine of breaking the water.

Umbilical Cord Prolapse: During a vaginal breech delivery, there is a chance that the umbilical cord will come down through the cervix before the baby is born.

There are very few scenarios in which a C - section is TRULY medically necessary, namely complete placenta previa or placental abruption, transverse lie, cord prolapse and true cephalo - pelvic disproportionment (which is exceptionally rare).

The treatment of choice for cord prolapse is caesarean section.

Studies have shown that if caesarean section can be done within 10 minutes of the diagnosis of cord prolapse, the baby has a 95 % chance of survival.

If cord prolapse occurs and the cord is compressed, the baby will develop heart rate abnormalities that show up on fetal monitoring.

Umbilical cord prolapse, which involves the umbilical cord descending into the birth canal before the baby during labor, is another possible cause of a compressed umbilical cord.

Cord prolapse is when the umbilical cord slides into the birth canal ahead of the baby's head or body.

The problem with baby being so high while I was almost fully dilated is the risk of cord prolapse if my water breaks.

But it added: «Women need to be counselled on the unexpected emergencies — such as cord prolapse, fetal heart rate abnormalities, undiagnosed breech, prolonged labour and postpartum haemorrhage — which can arise during labour and can only be managed in a maternity hospital.

When testifying about possible complications resulting from cord prolapse, she suggested that a midwife's decision to call 911 depends on the «choices of the parents.»