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@paulmalan No. Sepsis is essentially a systemic blood infection, so the staph aureus most likely got into your baby's bloodstream and caused her to go septic. Depending on birth risk factors, your baby was most likely started on ampicillin and gentamicin right after birth due to infection risk...

@paulmalan This unfortunately is very common with babies. If they develop sepsis, it often comes on fast and can be very deadly.

@kimhimmel Had my daughter at 29w 3d due to my placenta abrupting. I'd been having bleeding on and off 10 days before she was born and got 2 doses of betamethasone to help her lungs. She was 2lbs 10oz at birth. She got a dose of surfactant after she was born and was on cpap until 32 weeks, did...