Did anyone else have a vacuum assisted delivery?

Re: Did anyone else have a vacuum assisted delivery?

• SweetHurricane member

  February 2012

  They had to use the vacuum on A. I was listening to the heart rate monitor the whole time and I know it's normal for the heart rate to slow down during pushes and then go back up in between. I noticed that hers did not go back up (the docs noticed too but were trying to play it cool). One more push later and it still hadn't gone back up, so they ordered the vacuum. I don't remember it looking like the one in the video though. I knew I had to give it all I had or it'd be a c-section. We got her out on the next contraction and she had that awesome lump on her head for like a month.

  
  

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• jcole32444

  February 2012

  I am told that they used one for a sec. to turn Jay during the c-seciton. SIL allowed students to be in her delivery room and they were hands on. They tried using he vaccume several times. Before the doctor finally stepped in and took over. Poor LO nephew had 5 puncture marks/scars on his head from that thing.

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• RosieBcheeks98

  February 2012

  No vacuum assisted delievery here.  I'm so sorry you guys had to go through that, it sounds scary!  I'm glad the babies are okay. 

  Marsam, did you notice any markings on W's head?

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• jcole32444

  February 2012

  I am not sure what they used with Jay, but it was nothing like that. Probably because it was in the OR and during a c-section.

  Also, SIL's DS had scars from a needle/hook. She said that the vacume used had a little needle/hook that went into LO's head. I have never researched the vaccumes so I have no idea.

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• MarSamWhitney member

  February 2012

  RosieBcheeks98:

  No vacuum assisted delievery here.  I'm so sorry you guys had to go through that, it sounds scary!  I'm glad the babies are okay. 

  Marsam, did you notice any markings on W's head?

  No, she had no markings what so ever. She does have that V birthmark, but a lot of babies have that, vacuum or not. The dr said it was from being squished in the birth canal, and will be gone in a few years.  You can really only see it when she gets mad anyways, she's like a Hulk baby.

  
  
  

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• MarSamWhitney member

  February 2012

  SweetHurricane:

  They had to use the vacuum on A. I was listening to the heart rate monitor the whole time and I know it's normal for the heart rate to slow down during pushes and then go back up in between. I noticed that hers did not go back up (the docs noticed too but were trying to play it cool). One more push later and it still hadn't gone back up, so they ordered the vacuum. I don't remember it looking like the one in the video though. I knew I had to give it all I had or it'd be a c-section. We got her out on the next contraction and she had that awesome lump on her head for like a month.

  Matt told me this after. Of course I heard nothing, but he said they were mumbling that I was giving up, and the heart rate was dropping.

  
  
  

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• debperdoo member

  February 2012

  We had to have the vaccuum as well but I dont know what it looked like.   DS had a ring around his head from it for a few days but it went right away.  He also had the mark on his forehead but they told me that was from hooking on some kind of an internal monitor, before I actually started pushing. 
  

  
  

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• RouensDream member

  February 2012

  I had one. Still trying to block out the whole experience though. Traumatic.

  
  
  
  

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• Doodle2011

  February 2012

  Not here, but it's gotta be better than forceps.  Both my little bro and I were pulled out with forceps and we both still have dents in the sides of our heads from it (me just on one side, his on both).  It looks like a dimple by our temple.  Crazy!
  

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