Questions on delivery with possibly ds baby?

papillonlover

Just wondering if there were any additional nurses/doctors in delivery room with you? I was told I have a very high chance of having a ds baby bacause he/she have a complete avsd and some other markers.  The cardiologist already told me the baby will be trasferred to nicu. Just wondering what I should somewhat expect in delivery room.

Justinlove

I cannot speak specifically to DS, but there were some concerns about my baby at the time of delivery so to be on the safe side, they brought in a team from the NICU just in case.  If I remember correctly, it was a PA to the neonatologist and 2 nurses.  Everything ended up being just fine so after they looked her over, the team left and it was just my dr and a delivery nurse.  The NICU team stayed out of the way during the delivery since everything seemed to be going as it should.

goldenleaves

We had a confirmed DS diagnosis and a confirmed AVSD. We had a party in the delivery room, haha. NICU team, cardiology, OB, MFM. Lauren was assessed in the room and deemed healthy enough to stay with me. No NICU time for her! I made it very clear that she was not to be taken to the NICU just because she had DS. I also made sure everyone knew that we already knew that she had DS, we didn't want any I'm sorrys.

I had an amazing birth experience with her. It was seriously perfect.

Mrs.Rose

I had an emergency c/s with DS#2 and they had a NICU team in the room - one nurse practitioner and several other NICU nurses were in there.  

mommytoconnor

I'm an OB nurse and typically for a "high risk baby" they will have NICU team there which will inlcude at Neonatologist, A high risk RN or 2 and a respiratory therapist.  So there will probably be a few more people than for an uncomplicated delivery but often times they will be taken to NICU, have tests run and potentially be able to be tranferred to you, if this is something your hospital does.