This just in - Child birth is still dangerous
Post written by: beagooddad
Anybody planning on having a baby any time soon is allowed to skip this post as it might not be something you want to read right now.
A study has concluded that 26% of all babies born vaginally are born with intracranial hemorrhages. Yes, folks. Child birth is dangerous.
But, the researchers say:
These very small hemorrhages don’t cause symptoms and are likely a normal part of delivering vaginally. And it’s only because of high-tech imaging that they’ve now been discovered, the study authors explained.
Phew. That’s a relief. A quarter of the vaginally delivered babies are born with blood flowing around in parts of their brain where it shouldn’t be but it doesn’t seem to cause any problems later on. But just to be on the safe side, they are going to monitor those babies for a few years and see how they develop.
Lets face it, though, if you are going to hear some kind of creepy news about something that sounds like it could potentially be bad for your baby and then convince yourself that the researches are correct when they say it won’t be a problem, you want to hear that news from Dr. Blessed. That has to be one of the best names ever for his profession.
Expect this to be included in the next updates of all the creepy books that expecting moms read that detail all of the horrible things that can happen to them while they are pregnant.
Yes, I am just stalling until I get time to post the birthday pictures. Consider yourselves on hold until later tonight unless Dr. Blessed bails me out with some late breaking news.
January 30th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
What I find a bit funny about the whole childbirth thing is that every generation starting with is completely natural. Yes, folks, babies were actually once born without doctors! I know that’s a scary thought these days. Yes, doctors delivered my babies; I paid for the doctors so I wanted them present (as opposed to a midwife). Yes, I think it’s a good idea to have them around “just in case”. But for the fifteen or so minutes that they are actually there, they are really earning their money! What frightens me is when babies are “sucked out” with a vacuum and have those awful hematomas on their heads from the machine. I saw a friend’s baby about two months after he was born and he still had a huge lump on his head. I try to be thankful often that both of mine were small and quick, and delivered vaginally without epidurals!
January 30th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
No epidurals…that’s just crazy talk. I was just standing there and I wanted an epidural.
When the twins were born, Geetle was first. Pookie wasn’t quite ready yet. They actually had to rupture his sack and give him a few puffs with an air bag contraption before he started breathing. That is a rough 30 seconds. He did manage to avoid the vacuum and had a fine shaped head from day one.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
It doesn’t matter how much you know beforehand, no stage of childbirth ever looks as though it’s going properly.
‘Is that supposed to happen?’ ‘Does that look right to you?’ ‘Shouldn’t we call…someone?’
Birth is just one big, fat miracle.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
And for all of you expecting father’s, don’t use the phrase “Birth is just one big, fat….” anything until long after the baby is born or you might end up with intracranial hemorrhages. Be safe out there dads-to-be.
January 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I can’t imagine having to wait 30 seconds for a response. My heart goes out to anyone who has to go through anything worse than just the birth! I didn’t do the epidurals because I have back problems and I was afraid that would leave them worse. I’m glad I didn’t though; I was able to get up and shower and everything as soon as I wanted to (when my husband took them to be bathed and all that, I did too). I try to tell everyone it’s just an endurance marathon…but yes, they pain was awful and it became my new standard of pain measurement (how bad is it? Well, it’s not as bad as childbirth! - must be OK then).
January 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Interesting how our thinking goes from the original theme to epidurals…..Ask me sometime what it was like to wake up during a c section, feel the pain, hear the doctors and nurses talking, seeing the ceiling, smelling the hospital smell and not being able to communicate with the doctors to tell them the situation. MOM
January 30th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
With less than 3 weeks to go, I probably shouldn’t have read that.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Heather, it was one of the worst 30 second periods of time in my life. Probably only second to when Beagoodmom went in for surgery to stop her bleeding the day after the kids were born. I went back to the room to wait for them to tell me she was done. Turned on the TV and saw the space shuttle take off….and blow up. Not exactly a good thing to see right when your wife is going in for surgery less than 24 hours after giving birth to my twins.
But everything worked out okay in both instances.
How About Two - everything will be fine. Lots of scary stuff CAN happen, but a significantly huge number of kids are born in the U.S. every day without any problems. One of the nice things about twins is that you get a lot more attention during the delivery practically guaranteeing success especially as far a long as your twins are.
Mom-(in-law for anybody keeping track) - It is interesting how easy it is for everybody to share birthing war stories and how hard it is to talk about what the baby must go through. I’m not sure there is any way we adults can imagine exactly how odd being born must be.