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July 14th, 2013, 01:39 AM #11
I was told they are very rare too (especially to get through natural labour!) We actually had 3 born in the same week at my hospital (my dr says he may get 1 a year) and it was a really big thing. Turns out all 3 of us were in the same local playgroup, maybe something in the water?
Just to ease you though, only 1 of my 4 had the knot so I wouldn't worry about a repeat.13 years 11 years 6 years & our HT miracle 2 years
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4dp5dt POAS BFP, 9dp5dt 67, 11 dp5dt 183, 17dp5dt 3832
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July 14th, 2013, 03:50 AM #12
I work in a maternity unit and despite being told that true knots are rare, I would guess about 1 in a 100 babies seem to have one. I have yet to see a baby die from one despite people getting all excited about them.
The blood vessels in the umbilical cord are covered by Whartons jelly, the rubbery stuff that makes up the cord and prevents the vessels being kinked or squashed too much. The thicker the cord,the better the protection.
Skinny babies that don't grow well usually have skinny cords that are more at risk of being squashed. Of course those are the babies more probe to distress anyway. Chicken and egg scenario.
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July 14th, 2013, 05:36 AM #13
But there are other problems with lack of oxygen at birth, my 8 pound 10oz born son (so not small) has permanent hearing loss in one ear due to the lack of oxygen caused by the knot. It's worth being vigilant about and am just glad I live in a time when we have modern medicine to do this.
13 years 11 years 6 years & our HT miracle 2 years
6 IVF Cycles(3 SART & 3 Genea), 4 FET cycles, 4 transfers, 3 Chemicals.
Sep 11 2012: Genea, FET, 1 day 5, CGH HB transferred.
4dp5dt POAS BFP, 9dp5dt 67, 11 dp5dt 183, 17dp5dt 3832
Full Cycle Details here Cycle Summary
Finally our beautiful baby girl was born 20th May, 2013
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Cord around the neck and a knot are two different issues. Cord around neck is fine. They will have you push until the head is out and once they see it, they will tell you to stop pushing, assuming its a controlled delivery, while they remove the cord so when you continue to push baby out its not squeezing any further.
I know some of mine had it but it was so in eventful I can't even remember which one had the triple wrap! You should be fine but certainly mention it to everyone so you feel okay about it.Mom to
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July 14th, 2013, 09:16 AM #15Dream Vet
I had cord wrapped around my third child's neck twice and they told me to stop pushing while they unwrapped it. Afterwards a paediatrician checked her and she was fine.
DW 38
DH 37
Cycle # 1 HRC Dr Potter 8th March 2014
7 retrieved, 3 Mature, 2 Fertilised, 1 abnormal XY XB BB -10,-16,
1 Normal XY HB AA BFP!
First BETA 135 26/3/14 11dp6dt, Second BETA 859 31/3/14 16dp6dt
Third BETA 10106 14/4/14
NO HEARTBEAT! 22/4/14, D&C 23/4/14
Cycle # 2 HRC Dr Potter ER OCT 2014
Stimmed an extra 2 days so ER was 31st Oct Halloween
19 retrieved & 14 mature & all 14 fertilised
7 to day 5 testing, 3 abnormal xy's
1 normal xy HB AA Transferred 6/11/14
3 normal xx
First BETA HCG 400 E2 1389 P4 17, 17th Nov 10dp6dt
Second BETA HCG 1022 E2 3246 P4 88.3 19th Nov 12dp6dt
Third BETA HCG 15513 E2 3803 P4 78.4 27th Nov 20dp6dt
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July 16th, 2013, 04:13 PM #16
thank you all!
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July 22nd, 2013, 01:16 AM #17
Yes. As NBP said, chord around the neck is fine. A true knot might be problematic. That said, I had u/s and stress tested with my DS1 because they were worried about his size. But they never saw on the scan that the chord was wrapped 3 times around the neck (thereby shortening it) along with a true knot. I had an emergency C. But you might as well go ahead with a natural birth because you likely won't know about knots or anything until labor is under way!!
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Pretesting "normal". FSH 7.5
Cycle 1: HRC Feb 10 2012
Started off slow on 225 Gonal F, 1 Meno; increased to 300 Gonal F and over responded. 27 eggs received, 19 mature, 15 fert, only 8 to GSN, all terrible quality- only one normal XY. NT. Boo.
Cycle 2: HRC May 2012
Took DHEA (only 25-50 mg/day), royal jelly, bee propolis, CoQ10. Antagonist cycle with growth hormone. Started off with 300 Gonal-F and quickly moved down to 150 Gonal-F and rode it out. 43 eggs, 35 mature, 30 fert, 9 to Day 5 GSN, 1 normal XY and two normal XX. Froze all.
July 2012 - FET at HRC, transferred 1 XX expanding blast. ???
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