Reply #22: You don't have to tell me this stuff [View All]

One case I saw in nursing school was a footling breech. Not only was the baby the wrong way, it couldn't be turned because its little foot was sticking out Mom's vagina, one of the weirdest things I ever saw. C-sections, done appropriately, save the life of the mother as well as the baby.

I'm glad your daughter is healthy and so are you.

However, untreated gestational diabetes results in huge infants who are a challenge to care for afterward. Their blood sugar can crash very suddenly, they're more prone to jaundice, and many have health problems like heart defects if the mother developed the diabetes early in the pregnancy. The woman in this story fit the profile.

There's a world of difference between an 8 pound full term infant and a huge 16 pound infant.