Mighty special thoughts going out to little Aiden. Don't worry about the meconium though. It's a sterile substance and won't do him or her any harm. My first grandson did that, too. Aiden should be fine on that front. I think maybe they told about it but didn't mention the doc nurse letting them know it doesn't cause problems and isn't the result of problems.

Will do Stacie. Wish you all the best.

I was trying to soothe your worries just a little bit, Auntie.

Thanks bestlawn, they did an x-ray of his lungs already and didn't see any staining in the lungs. I am just worried about how long he may have been without oxygen with the cord being wrapped so tight around his neck and having trouble since 10 oclock and didn't snip and do suction until 5 this afternoon.

Stacie

Saying a prayer for little Aiden and his family.

I hope everything turns out just fine! :o)

Sending Positive Thoughts and Prayers your way.

Gayle

Sending lots of prayers for little Aiden. The cord may not have been that tight the entire time Stacie. Keep us updated on the little guy please.
Leslie

What a precious name! I will certainly pray for that little boy!

My DS had the cord wrapped around his neck 4 times and had a very low Apgar score. He turned out fine and is a handsome, smart, strapping almost-22 year-old.

Hope Aiden will be fine. Congratulations, Auntie!

Sending prayers and good thoughts for baby Aiden.

Oh my gosh. Very special prayers going out for little Aiden! Please keep us posted on him!!
Hang in there little guy and fight to get strong!

Sending Positive thoughts and prayers for little Aiden.

Linda

Sending thoughts & Prayers for Aiden & his Mommy & Daddy!!

I'm so sorry your family is going through all this....

Just believe all will be fine...Have faith...

I will also say prayer for him...

Hugs

patti

Sending caring thoughts out to Aiden and to the family.

As an NICU nurse, I have probably looked after thousands of little babies with meconium and delivery problems. My best guess is that little Aiden will be just fine. I say this because he recovered quickly. He was well enough to latch on and breast feed. That is a great sign there. If they were at all worried about him they would have fed him by feeding tube to make sure his suck swollow was intact first and he wouldn't aspirate. He doesn't need oxygen or a ventilator because he didn't get any meconium in his lungs.

Adding my prayers for Aiden to be totally healthy and for his family to have peace.

Shirley

Thanks Heather for the advice. I knew when he latched on and ate his dinner that things sounded better.

Stacie

Stacie, I'm holding Aiden Roger Almquist in my prayers today.

Sending prayers for little Aiden.

((Aiden and family)) Let us know how he's doing.

Wee hugs and big prayers for little Aiden!

I'm really surprised they didn't do an emergency C-section after his heart rate started to go down? I thought that was standard procedure?

Anyway, Very special thoughts for Baby Aiden and his Momma!!!

Thinking positive thoughts for little Aiden.

Similar thing happened to my niece's first son after she was induced, Jake didn't want to come down the birth canal and was very sluggish with cord problems too. He was put on a ventilator and all kinds of monitors - very scarey time for us all but he is a big stapping 6 year old boy now. He was a big baby though.

Congratulations Auntie Stacie! Wishing all the best for the family and hope they can bring the little guy home soon.

Anne

My thoughts & prayers to Aiden & all of your family. Please keep us advised when you have time.

Update added:

We went down and saw my new nephew Aiden. What a little cutie. He is in the nursery full time and has an IV in his poor little head running all the time. This evening though they finally got to put him into his mama's room so that is good news. They left the port in his head just in case they need to use it again. The funny thing is that he looks just like Hayden, the two can be twins. I feel for my sil, her mom is totally mean and driving her nuts and is no help at all. She was going to stay for a month to help out, and with the babies problems she will need the extra help but out of the blue said good bye last night and no one has seen her since. My sil overcompensates by saying that she will just figure it out on her own. She hasn't been around babies and only has 2 weeks maternity leave, 2 days gone already. I hope to go down on Sunday when they get home and snuggle that baby.

I will post a pic in a new post when DH gets the pics downloaded.

Stacie

Wow, I never heard of only two weeks maternity leave.
Is that the trend now?

So glad to know Aiden is better, but I don't know what you're saying his problems are or why the tube in his head. Just curious, and still sending special thoughts for the little guy.

Adding my prayers and positive thoughts to all the others.Praying for Aiden and his parents.
Kathi

What a scary experience! Aiden and his entire family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Bestlawn,

They put the tube in his head to use for an IV. My brother didn't understan why they were doing this or what they were adding. Poor kid, only 21 years old and now this, too much to understand and not enough explanations. Being my SIL I don't feel comfortable stepping in and asking questions. My sis the nurse is going in tonight and hoping she will answer questions. One thing was that they thought that he was dehydrated so they started the IV but not for sure.

Stacie

Congratulations on your new little nephew. He will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Sometimes we don't see the blessings we have even when they are right in front of us. Having the Mil out of the picture might be the best thing for the parents. I have a feeling from what you have said, this little guy is going to be a typical baby with typical parents trying to figure out what to do when they get home. Yes, it would be nice to have help but not if its going to CAUSE MORE stress. If I were this babes mom I would ask someone else to help or do it all on my own. I'm stubburn like that. A good baby book and some sleep go a long way for a new mom. Maybe you could offer to hold the baby a few hours while she gets some rest next week. He sure is a cutie.

Toni said what I was going to say. They're probably lucky the mom left. I wouldn't want her around. She sounds like a flake. Two weeks maternity leave??? Where does she work? That's odd. Or could it be just paid for 2 weeks? I'd be suprised if her Dr. releases her to go back to work that soon.
Keep us posted Stacie.
Leslie

Leslie..they let the Moms' go back to work way to soon don't you think?! My DIL went back 10 days after Ewen was born. I agree, if her Mom was stressing her out, the best thing possible was when she went home. Things have a way of working out , sounds like they have some great family support without her! Kathy