We had planned a home birth, but after laboring for around 8 hours at home my midwife offered to break my waters and I accepted. They found a lot of meconium in the fluid and...there wasn't a lot of fluid. This posed a possible problem "if" baby happened to swallow a whole bunch of the meconium and "if" her lunges were filled with it, the midwives would not be able to preform the needed procedure (at home) to clear her airways.
We could still deliver at home, but we had to know the risks.
Being extremely tired and fairly anxious, I/we decided to head to the hospital "just in case" there would be a problem.
An hour after checking into the hospital baby Jocelyn came into the world (I'll spare you all the details, but let's just say it was very dramatic and VERY fast, haha)
7lb 13.4oz and 19.5" long. she was absolutely perfect. She let out a wonderful, powerful, scream after being rubbed down for a short while and all the doctors and nurses (there were a lot of people in the room due to the potential risk) declared her healthy and strong!! PRAISE THE LORD!
This momma is SO happy to be blessed with three beautiful children and to welcome our newest member into the family! We all love you Jocelyn!
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What a pretty name. So glad she is here safe and sound. Clara had meconium in her amniotic fluid and I remember the whole NICU team standing ready when she was born. It was traumatic and you are right that it's best to do things as low risk as possible in these kinds f situations!
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