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Birth History

Birth measurement data can be viewed here in Google Docs.

Gestation in Weeks

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one.

24-26 weeks 1
27-29 weeks 0
30-32 weeks 1
33-36 weeks 14
37-41 weeks 29

Type of Delivery

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one.

Vaginal 22
Caesarean Section 23

Birth Weight (kg)

Number of responses: 40/51 Question type: open-ended.

3.00 kg (6.638 lbs) to 3.20 kg (7.0547 lbs) 3
3.20 kg (7.0547 lbs) to 3.63 kg (8.0020 lbs) 9
3.63 kg (8.0020 lbs) to 4.17 kg (9.1932 lbs) 13
4.17 kg (9.1932 lbx) to 4.56 kg (10.0530 lbs) 9
4.56 kg (10.0530 lbs) to 5.00 kg (11.0231 lbs) 2

Macrosomia at Birth (Excessive Birth Weight)

Number of responses: 43/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 22
No 15
Unsure 6

Birth Length (cm)

Number of responses: 32/51 Question type: open ended.

47.00 cm (18.50 inches) to 48.26 cm (19 inches) 2
48.26 cm (19 inches) to 50.80 cm (20 inches) 7
50.80 cm (20 Inches) to 53.34 cm (21 inches) 11
53.34 cm (21 inches) to 55.88 cm (22 inches) 5
55.88 cm (22 inches) to 58.42 cm (23 inches) 6
58.42 cm (23 inches) to 60.96 cm (24 inches) 0
60.96 cm (24 inches) to 63.50 cm (25 Inches) 1

Head Circumference (cm)

Number of responses: 26/51 Question type: open ended.

30.48 cm (12 inches) to 33.02 cm (13 inches) 1
33.02 cm (13 inches) to 35.56 cm (14 inches) 0
35.56 cm (14 inches) to 38.10 cm (15 inches) 9
38.10 cm (15 inches) to 40.64 cm (16 inches) 5
40.64 cm (16 inches) to 43.18 cm (17 inches) 8
43.18 cm (17 inches) to 45.72 cm (18 inches) 3

Macrocephaly

Number of responses: 40/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 26
No 6
Unsure 8

Abdominal Circumference (cm)

Number of responses: 2/51 Question type: open ended.

31.00 cm (12.20 inches)
45.72 cm (18 inches)

Apgar Scores

Number of responses: 24/51 Question type: select one.

1 minute
score
1 2
2 3
3 1
4 0
5 1
6 2
7 4
8 6
9 3
10 2
5 minutes
score
1 0
2 0
3 1
4 0
5 1
6 0
7 1
8 7
9 11
10 3

Number of Days Child Spent in Hospital After Birth

Number of responses: 44/51 Question type: open ended.

1-5 days 18
6-10 days 13
11-15 days 5
16-20 days 3
25 days 1
28 days 1
33 days 1
45 days 1
54 days 1

Cyanosis at Birth (Blue Color Skin)

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 16
No 22
Unsure 7

Hypothermia at Birth (Inability to Regulate Body Temperature)

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 9
No 28
Unsure 8

Jaundiced at Birth

Number of responses: 44/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 23
No 21
Unsure 0

Hypoglycemia at Birth (Low Blood Sugar)

Number of responses: 44/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 14
No 21
Unsure 9

Poor Feeding at Birth

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 21
No 23
Unsure 1

Was A feeding Tube Required in the Newborn Period?

Number of responses: 44/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 16
No 28
Unsure 0

Failure to Thrive

Number of responses: 44/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 7
No 36
Unsure 1

Respiratory Problems

Number of responses: 44/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 24
No 19
Unsure 1

Were Oxygen or Ventilation Required During the Newborn Period?

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one + open ended details.

Yes 18
No 25
Unsure 2
Details:
  • Oxygen needed only for a few hours after birth
  • Both required due to stridor and possible apeonas although these are now maybe thought to be seizures
  • Only briefly - oxygen for about an hour after birth
  • Oxygen for 24 hours
  • Ventilator first 2 hours then oxygen via head box in first 12 hours
  • Ventilator for 9 days, came home on oxygen

Hip Dysplasia/Hip Dislocation

Number of responses: 45/51 Question type: select one.

Yes 5
No 40
Unsure 0

Newborn Screening

Number of responses: 43/51 Question type: select one + explain.

Yes 5
No 40
Unsure 0
Please explain any abnormalities:
  • Explanations in this section were not related to newborn screening. This question may have been misunderstood. Comments have been incorporated into the next item.

Other significant birth history information

Question type: open ended.

  • Brain bleeding due to vacuum extraction during delivery.
  • Chromosome testing due to birthmarks
  • hypotonic, mottled skin, facial assymmetry
  • Low platelets, had transfusion
  • Noted mottled skin and unusual feet
  • plural effusion, syndactyly of toes and fingers, an extra finger on each hand, cyst in brain, enlarged ventricles, extra vertabrate at base of spine
  • right side of head was large, leg length difference, hemangioma and multiple vascular malformations
  • She was extremely red, wouldn't open her eyes for a few days constantly sleeping most likely due to seizures
  • a bit purple in color/blue, port wine stains, fused toes, asymmetry (left half bigger than right half of the body)
  • ASD that had resolved by 2 months
  • Chromosome test came back negative. Always thought one eye was bigger than the other.
  • Cool peripheries with delayed capillary refill time. Central capillary refill time was between 2 and 3 seconds, peripherally was 4 - 5 seconds Bilateral undescended testes
  • Emergancy c-section as baby was in distress, waters had already broken 12 hours prior to c-section.
  • Forceps Birth, needed to be resuscitated at birth.
  • Heart murmor detected in hospital, diagnosis was a mild pulmonary valve stenosis
  • Hypotonia noticed at birth
  • Large port wine stain running down center of face. Would turn bright red/purple whenever he cried.
  • Mother's water was leaking before birth and broke the day of birth. Dr. attempted epidural but it did not work.
  • Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT) - very low platelets - required several platelet transfusions in the first two weeks
  • postnatal ultrasound scan (48 hours) shows enlarged ventricular system, particularly at supratentorial, no mass effect or midline deviation, with well-formed corpus callosum and posterior fossa normal.
  • R facial palsy, toe syndactaly x3L, x2R foot
  • she was in the hospital for drug withdraw and red blochy marks all over her body
  • Skin very red all over, had to aspirate green bile from stomach...developed NEC
  • Stridor (2)
  • Treated for a chest infection at birth and for 7 days
  • Very good birth except cord was wrapped around neck, unconsciousness had to revive, legs were totally purple/blue. Had second level ultrasounds every 3 weeks, growth was up and down because the doctor did not record which side of the body they were measuring. Entire right side of body was larger than left both in circumference and length.
  • very mottled skin tone, ASD and VSD
  • When he was about a day old his right arm was all of a sudden swollen. He had what they called a hemangioma on his lips. (don't think it is). And markings all over most his body. An abnormal kidney ultrasound (fluid). Cleared by cardiologist