Personal History

My name is Blue Haught. I am the father of two living children. My 3rd child was a full-term stillborn who died as the result of umbilical cord torsion (twisting & kinking). My 4th child was born at 30 weeks and survived only a few hours due to complications of fetal hydrops. My desire is to prevent unnecessary fetal deaths deaths and to seek answers as to why our previous two babies had to die. In addition, I am trying to understand if there are correlations with the two deaths. My wife and I have spoken with many doctors that were involved in the care of our two babies who died and they all were adamant that there was nothing that could have been done and that the deaths aren't related. New information has suggested to us that there absolutely was something that could have been done to possibly save our 3rd child and that there may, in fact, be a correlation between him and our 4th child's death. For a more detailed history on our family's plight click on the following link:
http://www.kellyandblue.blogspot.com/

I believe that if there was a database that allowed obstetricians to view data regarding numerous prenatal, maternal, and umbilical cord statistics of babies who die before and during birth, there would be enough information to make necessary changes in how pregnant mothers are monitored and thus provide beter opportunities to intervene when problems arise in utero. What I am proposing is that states or our national government make it manditory for hospitals to conduct a standardized, post-mortem survey of all fetal demises. The survey would include maternal history, obstetric history, exposre to dieseases, pesticides, and several other potential risk factors. Obviously the mother would have the right to refuse the survey, but the information that would be gleaned from such an inquiry would yeild much needed statistics that currently aren't available.

For a better, more medically-based rationale for this please visit the website of a pioneering physician in Louisiana who has researched this issue and found staggering results:
http://www.preginst.com/

Please have patience as I attempt to make this blog more public and userfriendly. I believe that one day, this database will be crediting with saving hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives every year!