Prenatal Cause Possible?

[Guest guest]

Just curious if anyone has ever been told, or read, about prenatal

causes of Brachycephaly (flattening of the back of head usually

attributed to " back-to-sleep " ). My curiosity stems from the fact

that every problem that Isabella has seems to be on the same side of

her body (her left side). She has an amniotic band on her lower leg

(scar like band of tissue believed to be caused by breach of the

amniotic sac), a smaller eye, a deformity of her private part, and

the flattening of her head - all on her left side. Thank God that

they are all very, very slight. That's both our assessment and the

doctors. In fact - you have to closely scrutinize Isabella to see

most of them. The only one we can really do anything about is the

head shape, so we are pursuing it with the insurer in the hope that

it is approved, but because her case is considered mild, we probably

have less of a shot. Bella is adopted, and it makes me wonder:

Could her birth mother have suffered some physical trauma during

birth that led to these problems?

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome to the group. Plagiocephaly absolutely can start in

utero. My Hannah was born w/her plagio, as her head grew around my

pelvic bone. She was extremely low during my whole pregnancy and

even as early as 16 and 20 weeks she was so low they couldn't get a

head circumference accurately on ultrasound. She was born w/a very

obvious flatness of her right side, as well as her ear on that side

being folded completely down. The eary eventually fixed itself, but

the head only got worse after she was born from the back sleeping.

Is isabella more flat on the left then? Hannah was diagnosed as

having severe plagio at only 3mos. How old is Isabella now?

Another thing to keep in mind is that plagio can cause facial

assymetry, including making one eye appear smaller than the other.

A band/helmet can correct this. So, I'm not sure about any type of

physical trauma or the other issues you're dealing with, but the

plagio certainly can be caused inutero. Where are oyu located?

Maybe someone in your area could recommend good treatment options.

, mom to Hannah, DOCband #3 3/30

Cape Cod, Ma

> Just curious if anyone has ever been told, or read, about prenatal

> causes of Brachycephaly (flattening of the back of head usually

> attributed to " back-to-sleep " ). My curiosity stems from the fact

> that every problem that Isabella has seems to be on the same side

of

> her body (her left side). She has an amniotic band on her lower

leg

> (scar like band of tissue believed to be caused by breach of the

> amniotic sac), a smaller eye, a deformity of her private part, and

> the flattening of her head - all on her left side. Thank God that

> they are all very, very slight. That's both our assessment and

the

> doctors. In fact - you have to closely scrutinize Isabella to see

> most of them. The only one we can really do anything about is the

> head shape, so we are pursuing it with the insurer in the hope

that

> it is approved, but because her case is considered mild, we

probably

> have less of a shot. Bella is adopted, and it makes me wonder:

> Could her birth mother have suffered some physical trauma during

> birth that led to these problems?

[Guest guest]

Paige's plagio was a direct result of not having enough room prenatally, she

also has a mass of blood vessels on the left side of her head which is the side

that is forward planed (the left side of her head junts forward so when you look

down the left side comes out more)so I'm guessing it could be possible that

Brachycephaly could be caused in utero as well.

Liz

On Friday, April 30, 2004, at 02:26PM, grayfoxinsun <rexlawyer@...>

wrote:

>Just curious if anyone has ever been told, or read, about prenatal

>causes of Brachycephaly (flattening of the back of head usually

>attributed to " back-to-sleep " ). My curiosity stems from the fact

>that every problem that Isabella has seems to be on the same side of

>her body (her left side). She has an amniotic band on her lower leg

>(scar like band of tissue believed to be caused by breach of the

>amniotic sac), a smaller eye, a deformity of her private part, and

>the flattening of her head - all on her left side. Thank God that

>they are all very, very slight. That's both our assessment and the

>doctors. In fact - you have to closely scrutinize Isabella to see

>most of them. The only one we can really do anything about is the

>head shape, so we are pursuing it with the insurer in the hope that

>it is approved, but because her case is considered mild, we probably

>have less of a shot. Bella is adopted, and it makes me wonder:

>Could her birth mother have suffered some physical trauma during

>birth that led to these problems?

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>For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Hi & Welcome,

My daughter was born with a severely flat spot on the right side of her head. The cord was wrapped around her neck and she was born face up instead of face down.....causing the largest part of her skull to pass thru my pelvis. I am not sure if it was the position she was in utero or the long labor being stuck (so to say) in my pelvis that caused the flatness. It was exagerated by the doctors use of suction to help the labor along. Poor thing had a cone head for a day or two. We had the same problem had with Hannah. She kept rolling onto the flat spot and it did not improve. We were also diagnosed with a severe case of Plag early on too. I know it is common with twins also to be born with flat spots caused by cramped positions in utero. Good luck and you have taken the right steps by joining this group. I have received invaluable information from may members.

Mom to banded 4/04