My cousin's first baby had two. She had a placenta that had some things the wrong way around (the details are a bit hazy, it was nearly 5 years ago!) and the baby was getting reduced rations, so he was teeny, but it didn't come up in scans for some reason. He was born at 38 weeks, but treated as prem because of his size. Her labour stopped progressing in the birth centre and she was transferred, where it was decided to do a c-section. His cord was too short to let him get out AND it was wrapped around his neck, to boot. If someone's gonna have a medical oddity, it'll be her - she has a long list of aberrations! He is fine now and there were no issues after she was discharged, but as I said, he's nearly 5 and I don't think that's long enough to be able to declare him complication-free in an evidence-based manner, but we hope it is.
Her second birth was normal, much to everyone's shock.
I figured it was because he was so small that he had enough room to pull that kind of manoeuvre, and he was so small because he had one channel of nutrients rather than the two arteries from the placenta. None of this was picked up in earlier scans and the pregnancy was otherwise normal until that point when he wanted out a couple of weeks sooner.
I've heard of knots before, but can't remember from whom - not common. I'm guessing the flip flopping gets the cord into a knot and then when the baby is starting to position and engage it tightens the knot, so closer to the end? In layman's terms!
ETA: posted at the same time, Arcadia! Yes, my cousin was induced, in the end, because they didn't know what state the baby was in, except that his heart rate had dropped below what they were comfortable with in the ward, once she'd transferred.
Last edited by Smoke Jaguar; October 11th, 2013 at 12:33 PM.
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