are you afraid of SIDS?

Question

This is not a question but rather some info on SIDS. Being a first time mother and reading allot about SIDS I am terrified of it. I used to check my baby every 30 minutes to see if she is breathing and would even pock her sometimes to see her move. This forced me to do allot of research on the topic and find a solution to my worries. Allot of what I read made me come back over and over to the mattress theory. That a fungus in a baby’s mattress releases poisonous gas causing suffocation. There is a web site that I found helpful with this issue and offered a solution to preventing SIDS http://www.thecauseofsids.org/ hopefully it works. I have bought the mattress and started to breath easier.
The point of this post is to provide some information and maybe even peace of mind to parents out there who just like me check to see their babies breathing due to their fear of SIDS.

Answer 1

Yes I am since my first baby died of SIDS but unfortunately you cannot PREVENT SIDS. My baby was on her back and we too did everything they tell you to do and it still happened. Anything causing suffocation is irrelevant to SIDS anymore. Things have changed and suffocation is no longer deemed SIDS. A baby that suffocates either from laying on its tummy, a blanket, a bumper pad, co-sleeping, stuffed animals, etc. is no longer deemed a SIDS death. The monitors everyone talks about are nice but the only thing is if your baby stops breathing and it is SIDS a monitor will do nothing because a baby that stops breathing due to SIDS is already gone they cannot be revived, that is apnea not SIDS. There is no such thing as baby almost dying of SIDS. So with a monitor it will go off if your baby stops breathing but there will be nothing you can do to save them, been there done that. My husband was sitting right by my daughter and her pacifier fell out of her mouth when she stopped breathing (which discredits their new theory that a pacifier will help reduce SIDS) so he when he went to put it back in her mouth he realized she was not breathing. This was only a matter of seconds and she still died. I started CPR immediately and the EMS was there very quickly because we only lived about 2 blocks away.

Answer 2

The risk of SIDS is at its highest between 2 and 4 months, so although it's still a factor, he's out of the highest danger period. There's research out now to suggest that SIDS is a factor of the brain - something about the baby not waking itself up when breathing stops. The only thing you can do is ALWAYS put your baby to sleep on his back, and don't put anything (toys, stuffed animals, even blankets) in the crib until he's at least 7 or 8 months old, preferably a year old.

Answer 3

By “certain” babies, we mean that there is a population of babies that have an abnormality in their brainstem that makes them more vulnerable to die of SIDS. The scary part is that, at this time, we have no way to determine which babies are most vulnerable. What the research tells us is that if we can get these “vulnerable babies” through the first six months to year of life as “stress free” as possible, they “outgrow” this abnormality and go on to survive and thrive.

In addition to the obvious hazards of the adult bed (suffocation, overlay, wedging and falls) there are two more “invisible” challenges in the sleep environment that can trigger a SIDS death in a vulnerable baby. Rebreathing carbon dioxide (exhaled air) and overheating.

Answer 4

it worried me when my kids were little but then I realized I couldn't dwell on it because I would miss out on all the other stuff. I did what I thought was the best like putting my baby to sleep on their backs and not bundling them too much. I still checked on their breathing when I though about it. If your are really afraid they sell a Angel alert for the mattress it detect the slightest movement(like breathing) and if it doesn't feel any it will sound off. Baby monitors work good too. Good Luck!

Answer 5

I think every mother goes through a faze of making sure you rbaby is breathing for like the first few weeks, even if it's you first or your third you still put you hand on you rbaby's back before you go to bed just to check. But as far as really worried about sids it is just one of tose things sometimes there is no reason at all for it try not to stress about it.

Answer 6

I lost my 2nd baby to SIDS and am now pregnant and I have nightmares EVERY night. I'm so glad to see people on here that are worried about SIDS and are reading and hopefully learning!!!! I don't think people are really aware of it like they should be, tell everyone with a baby or that is going to have one everything that you know. It could save a babies life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

It has always worried me, but I know a lot of people that believe that fungus and mold kill people and give them cancer. I believe its just a theory. There is really no proof that this mattress will solve all SIDS issues.

Answer 8

Yes it does worry me.

However google "vitamin C" + SIDS and you may have a different opinion on the whole thing.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%2B%22vitamin+C%22+%2B%22SIDS%22&meta=

Ascorbic Acid (pure SAFE vitamin C) is available in most grocery stores with the canning supplies and also may be behind the counter at your local drugstore.

Answer 9

I fear SIDS as well. We have a history of it in our family. You should know that there is research linking lactose intolerance and milk allergies to SIDS. We're all lactose intolerant, so it scares me even more!

Answer 10

Yeah, I'm afraid of it and obsessed about it. I find myself reading stories on sidsfamilies.

My son has a antimicrobial mattress.