re post #13 - tillysmum

i am so very sorry - poor tot. :---(

but it could have been any number of things - in the womb, their O2 + nutrients are provided for them, so is waste-disposal, detox, etc, via mums bloodstream.

he may have dehydrated, but starvation takes longer than fluid loss - heart valve or lung malformations, maybe inhalation pneumonia from inhaling birth-fluid, a kidney shunt, liver-shunt, gut-abnormality, a rampaging infection via the stump of his cord, he got CHILLED early + mum did not notice?...
there is no way to be sure what took the tyke, without a necropsy.
who knows, poor babe.

do not beat Urself up, the other infants + Mum need U!
that little angel left others who are healthy + thriving.
all my best,
--- terry

terry pride, APDT-Aus, apdt#1827, CVA, IPDTA, TDF