• 'Ghost baby' Born Without Blood in Orange County
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First time making a thread so I apologize if it's kinda shit. [QUOTE]At the birth of their first child, new parents may not always know what to expect. But one Fountain Valley couple was not prepared for what happened when their daughter was born. She came into the world with a feature some might call "ghostly." The day 6-week-old Hope Juarez entered the world, she was as white as a ghost. When doctors brought her to draw blood, they could barely get a drop. "She was crying and they brought her over to us and she was really pale," said the baby's father, Josh Juarez. "I knew that something was really wrong when they started pricking at her feet trying to get blood to come out and there was no blood coming out." Hours before Hope was born, her blood had drained out of her body. "She probably lost about 80 percent or more. She was pale. She was really white," said Dr. Marielle Nguyen, a neonatologist at Kaiser Permanente, Irvine Medical Center. Doctors performed an emergency C-section. Her only hope for survival was a blood transfusion. But what went wrong during 27-year-old Jennifer Juarez's first pregnancy? Every day, her baby grew stronger. "She would kick around 10 times within half an hour, which is a lot," said Jennifer. But three weeks before her due date, the kicking stopped. She went to her midwife. "She asked me, 'Well what's your gut feeling?' And I said, 'I don't know. I just feel like something's off. Something's not right,'" said Jennifer. Hope suffered from a fetal-maternal hemorrhage. The only other known recent case of a so-called "ghost white baby" surviving at birth occurred in the U.K. in 2012. There were similar circumstances. The mom in that case also noticed her daughter had stopped kicking. Slight loss of fetal blood occurs in 98 percent of pregnancies, but hardly ever to this degree and rarely do babies survive. "We don't know what causes it. A lot of it is just it happens spontaneously. Sometimes the cause could be a motor vehicle accident, trauma, or where we have placental rupture, where the placenta suddenly just comes off the uterine wall," said Nguyen. None of that happened to Jennifer, so why Hope lost all her blood is unknown. How to prevent fetal-maternal hemorrhage is unknown, too. What doctors do know is that Jennifer saved her daughter's life because she noticed when her baby stopped kicking and got medical attention right away. If she had waited, even just an hour or two, doctors say Hope would not be alive today. Source: [url]http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=9418657[/url] [/QUOTE]
Oh god what the fuck Of course they named it "hope" Is her middle name Miracle?
I can't even begin to imagine what it must feel like to have your baby lose most of it's blood inside of you. It's a good thing they managed to get to a doctor ASAP and save it.
Sounds like one of bosses of Luigi's Mansion.
I'm sorry, but naming your child Hope is really dramatic and stupid even in a situation like this. I mean, when she grows up, her name will still be [i]Hope[/i].
[quote]"She would kick around 10 times within half an hour, which is a lot," said Jennifer.[/quote] [quote]Sometimes the cause could be a motor vehicle accident, trauma, or where we have placental rupture, where the placenta suddenly just comes off the uterine wall," said Nguyen.[/quote] Maybe the baby kicked the placenta right off? Although, they say they have no idea where it went, so I'm interpreting it as the placenta was intact.
[QUOTE=GlebGuy;44117083]I'm sorry, but naming your child Hope is really dramatic and stupid even in a situation like this. I mean, when she grows up, her name will still be [i]Hope[/i].[/QUOTE] Hope is a pretty normal name, all things considered. There were a few people with that name in my high school and no one gave them shit for it.
[QUOTE=GlebGuy;44117083]I'm sorry, but naming your child Hope is really dramatic and stupid even in a situation like this. I mean, when she grows up, her name will still be [i]Hope[/i].[/QUOTE] Theres twins at my school named Hope and Faith. Seriously.
[QUOTE=GlebGuy;44117083]I'm sorry, but naming your child Hope is really dramatic and stupid even in a situation like this. I mean, when she grows up, her name will still be [i]Hope[/i].[/QUOTE] I dunno I think it's a pretty cool name to be honest. [editline]3rd March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=AaronM202;44117117]Theres twins at my school named Hope and Faith. Seriously.[/QUOTE] Hope and Faith is a really common name combination for twin girls, particularly in the US
[QUOTE=AaronM202;44117117]Theres twins at my school named Hope and Faith. Seriously.[/QUOTE] I once knew a guy named Sky. Which isn't that bad, until you met his sister, Cloud.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;44117144]It's one of those annoying names that's also a common word used in a common phrase. "I hope so" I'm hoping so" "Hopefully"[/QUOTE] Luckily it's a verb and not a noun so there are very few sentences in which the meaning becomes ambiguous. I don't actually know anyone called Hope by the way, I just really like the way it sounds.
My parents were actually considering "Heddwch" (which means peace in Welsh) as a name for me at one point, thank god they didn't choose it :v:
damn, i was born in the same hospital
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;44117245]My parents were actually considering "Heddwch" (which means peace in Welsh) as a name for me at one point, thank god they didn't choose it :v:[/QUOTE] I'm naming my kid Æthelfrith.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;44117117]Theres twins at my school named Hope and Faith. Seriously.[/QUOTE] Two girls who used to go to my school were: Skye Blue, and Crystal Hart.
[QUOTE=lazyguy;44117385]I'm naming my kid Æthelfrith.[/QUOTE] Not Æthelfri[B]þ[/B]?
I don't think the article knows what "[I]All[/I] of her blood" means (as opposed to 80% of her blood).
[QUOTE=Holt!;44117433]Two girls who used to go to my school were: Skye Blue, and Crystal Hart.[/QUOTE] so they were strippers
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;44117481]Not Æthelfri[B]þ[/B]?[/QUOTE] Let's not go crazy.
[QUOTE=lazyguy;44117741]Let's not go crazy.[/QUOTE] GO BIG OR GO HOME
Yikes. Hopefully that won't have any adverse effects on her in later life. I mean, being born with barely any blood in you is not the best starting point.
Eh, this is precisely a month old of a news story it seems On-topic, it's amazing that one could survive a loss of 80% of blood.
couldnt think of a better"i was a tough baby" story
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[QUOTE=Holt!;44117433]Two girls who used to go to my school were: Skye Blue, and Crystal Hart.[/QUOTE] And this is before Breaking Bad with the blue crystal?
[QUOTE=matt000024;44118100]And this is before Breaking Bad with the blue crystal?[/QUOTE] No, me and them are both 6 years old.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;44117481]Not Æthelfri[B]þ[/B]?[/QUOTE] the guy who wrote that last letter was just like "is it a b or a P. . .oh fuck it, i'll put the bump in the middle"
[QUOTE=Holt!;44118144]No, me and them are both 6 years old.[/QUOTE] I knew that, it was humor.
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;44117779]GO BIG OR GO HOME[/QUOTE] OSWIU WYRD SOPHIESSON, ÞŪ SCEALT ÞĀ SEOFON CȲNEDŌMAS GEĀNLǢCST!
[QUOTE=Holt!;44117433]Two girls who used to go to my school were: Skye Blue, and Crystal Hart.[/QUOTE] Pokemon Skye Blue and Crystal Hart versions.
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