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Monday, January 12, 2004 |
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Distressed as SHIT... literally |
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So after reading Trav's link to the *poop* article, my 'soon to be dad' good guy friend called me in sheer paranoia because the mother of his 'soon to be born' child went into labor but had birth complications. During labor, fecal matter was found in her womb, making it imperative that she have an emergency cesarian section. For those that don't know, an unborn baby being exposed to fecal matter could cause birth and/or developmental defects. In retrospect, it was a very concerning, stressful moment at the time especially knowing that I couldn't do anything to help except listen to my friend worry. Finally, I get a call back with an update that the baby was born a healthy, kicking, nine pound plus girl. *phew*
So, out of crazy curiosity, I decided to call my aunt. My aunt's a doctor, practicing general medicine so I figured she'd know why and how a baby could be exposed to fecal matter. All I kept thinking about was the damn story Trav linked to. It turns out that it's pretty normal, however. Some babies go into distress as labor starts and for some odd reason, some babies handle distress by having a bowel movement. In short, the baby got so freaked out over the idea of coming into this crazy cracked out world that it went potty before it was even born. Luckily, this story ended happy but imagine when your parents tell you that story when you're older...
Posted by
Christine @
11:26:00 PM --
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