It was a normal delivery with no problems. I was told that her Apgar scores were 7 and 8. I really have a wonderful baby girl, but now I am really concerned. There is no reason to be concerned. Your daughter's Apgar scores of 7 and 8 are normal.
Apgar scores are good only for assessing the baby's first minute of life.
They are not done to predict your baby's future outcome or how she will do in school. The Apgar score is named after Dr. Virginia Apgar, a New York anesthesiologist who, in 1952, described the score as a means to assess the baby's status one minute and five minutes after birth. The first five minutes to 10 minutes right after birth are extremely important to the baby. Your doctor wanted to take your daughter's Apgar score to find out how she was doing and whether she needed further support to breathe. Once the baby was delivered, the oxygen doesn't come from the umbilical cord anymore but needs to be delivered through the lungs by the baby taking breaths.