I realized I never finished this post. I left you hanging that we were almost of out the woods, and for some reason I thought I wrote another post on it!
Week 3 came, and things were going good, until I was giving Peanut a bath one day. I took her to her room after to dry her off and get her dressed. I was putting some lotion on her and her on her tummy, but supported by my hand still. When I rolled her back over, she was blue. I didn't know what to do or think, and I actually just stood there staring at her. She made some weird almost choking sounds and then took a breath and started to breath again on her own. Her color slowly came back then.
It totally freaked me out. It didn't register that something was wrong, or maybe it did but I was so shocked and scared I couldn't do anything. Luckily we had a dr appt the next day, so I told him about her episode. He consulted with her heart specialist dr and they decided that it was probably either a small seizure, or she choked on something like mucous and couldn't catch her breath. He told me that if it was a small seizure that its nothing to worry about (yeah right), that they sometimes happen, and may never happen again. Hopefully it was just choking though.
We haven't had any episodes of her turning blue like that since. She does get a little bluish color though when she does tummy time. Her dr said it could be because of pressure and taking shallower breaths, or that she swallows air in that position. Needless to say, she doesn't spend much time on her tummy! We keep a very close eye on her though, and her color. I seem to freak out a little more now if she is slightly bluish, even if its the "normal" blue that babies sometimes get from being cold, etc. I just pray that she doesn't have another episode of not breathing again.
How would you react if you saw your baby not breathing and turning blue? Do you think you would freak out, or just stare like me?
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