When I was born, the umbilical cord came wrapped around my neck, so when I came out, I wasn't breathing.
I gave up before birth.
The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn from limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off.
The main concern with a very large baby is difficulty in delivery.
... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.
I was born dead. Yeah, the umbilical cord was like, floppy baby, the whole thing. Yeah, it was bad.
I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.
I did sit on Jonathan's head in the womb for nine months.
With River's birth, nothing went according to plan. My water broke three weeks early, and after 12 hours of labor and Pitocin, I was in incredible pain and still only one-centimeter dilated.
An emergency on the labour ward needs to be addressed within minutes or else lifelong disability or even death can follow for the baby or mother.
