Meconium, did you have it?

[PumpkinZulu]

Wondering who else had meconium in their waters and if you know why? What decisions were made based on having meconium, and what the end result was?

For me, my waters broke on my due date after a few hours of easy labour and were meconium stained. Directly after they broke the contractions became intense. We were advised to transfer to hospital (planned homebirth) where a midwife wanted me hooked up to a constant monitor for the duration of my labour. That seemed unnecessary to me, and when my HB midwife arrived, she only briefly placed a Doppler on my belly ever 40 min or so. When DD was born, she was fine aside from a bit of a crackley chest which was cleared up with a bit of suction. I wasn't postdates, no complications, no distress etc. No idea why there was mec. Midwife did say the placenta was perfect albeit a little grainy. 100% sure on my dates so maybe I'm just not meant to bake for that long?

Also wondering (if anyone knows) the chances of a) having unexplained mec again and b) whether an IM would also advise a hospy transfer (we had oxygen etc at home). I know for the HB program I was in it was policy to transfer in that situation, but in hindsight they did nothing more than what could have happened at home (squeezey bulb syringe). TIA