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Vacuum assisted delivery
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I gave birth to baby boy last week. Baby had double nuchal cord around his neck due to which doctor had to use vacuum to get him out. He also had borderline jaundice, so had to be kept under blue light for a day as a precautionary measure. His Apgar score was 7 at 1 minute and 9 at 5 minutes.. He was given oxygen as well right after the birth as a precaution.. But I was reading about vacuum assisted deliveries, double nuchal cord and jaundice and some articles mentioned that it might cause some brain damage and cerebral palsy.. I am having sleepless nights because of this. Also the bump in his head caused due to vacuum hasn't gone even after 15 days. Please advice..
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It's called a chehal-hemartoma and it will go around 3 weeks and your child got jaundice because of that only.
If he's taking breastfeed properly and is active aand alert then dont worry about it- he's fine totally
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