QuestionHi, I gave birth to my daughter 2 and half years ago. I had no problems in the pregnancy. She came 5 days earlier than planned.
When I arrived at the hospital they monitored me and broke my waters. They realized that she was stressed and rushed me to have an emergency C-section.
They told us afterwards she has swallowed the meconium and had difficulty breathing. She was in neo-natal care. We were told she had 3-4 seizers and she was not breathing by herself after this happened, she only survived for 3 hours.
They told us she would of had brain damage had she survived. An autopsy was carried out, and the meconium had travelled everywhere in her system. They told me I had caught an infection and it stressed the baby in the labor stage.
I have been wondering how this could happen, what the cause is likely to be, and if it could happen again?
Thank you for your understanding and time!
AnswerThis sounds like a very unlikely set of circumstances that are unlikely to repeat. I do note that you say your water was artificially ruptured after labor began; you may want to do some research on this before consenting to it again. AROM (artificial rupture of membranes) has been shown in studies to do absolutely nothing to make labor progress faster. However, it can cause stress in the baby by removing the soft fluid cushion during contractions, and can also cause the baby to fall into a poor position for birth.
