Re: Tort/Plagio and Cord Around the Neck - Studies?

[Guest guest]

Our son with mild tort/plagio had nuchal cord which led to a rather

scary, vacuum assisted delivery (nuchal cord caused fetal

distress). I always figured the vacuum part was as much of the

problem as the nuchal cord. Just a thought. . .

Stacey (in Charlotte)

> > >

> > > On the other plagio board there is some discussion about have

the

> > cord

> > > wrapped around the babies neck during delivery and resulting

neck

> > > injury (tort maybe). Ben did not have torticollis, but there

were

> > > some questions regarding range of motion when he was diagnosied

> > with

> > > plagio/brachy. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his next

> > > (twice). Has anyone seen any studies that compares the

incident

> > rate

> > > of tort in babies born with the cord around the neck? If

there is

> > a

> > > good correlation, then this would be a great opportunity for

the

> > OB to

> > > communicate this.

> > >

> > > On a side note, when Ben was born, the hospital's ped evaluated

> > Ben. I

> > > wasn't really thinking to clearly at the time, but would the OB

> > have

> > > put that information in Ben's chart? When we went to see Ben's

> > ped,

> > > she did a complete physical and did not request a copy of Ben's

> > > hospital chart.

> > >

> > > Amy Posner

> > > Mom to Ben, DOC grad 11/16 (will be 1 year old on Sunday!)

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > For more plagio info

[Guest guest]

Our son with mild tort/plagio had nuchal cord which led to a rather

scary, vacuum assisted delivery (nuchal cord caused fetal

distress). I always figured the vacuum part was as much of the

problem as the nuchal cord. Just a thought. . .

Stacey (in Charlotte)

> > >

> > > On the other plagio board there is some discussion about have

the

> > cord

> > > wrapped around the babies neck during delivery and resulting

neck

> > > injury (tort maybe). Ben did not have torticollis, but there

were

> > > some questions regarding range of motion when he was diagnosied

> > with

> > > plagio/brachy. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his next

> > > (twice). Has anyone seen any studies that compares the

incident

> > rate

> > > of tort in babies born with the cord around the neck? If

there is

> > a

> > > good correlation, then this would be a great opportunity for

the

> > OB to

> > > communicate this.

> > >

> > > On a side note, when Ben was born, the hospital's ped evaluated

> > Ben. I

> > > wasn't really thinking to clearly at the time, but would the OB

> > have

> > > put that information in Ben's chart? When we went to see Ben's

> > ped,

> > > she did a complete physical and did not request a copy of Ben's

> > > hospital chart.

> > >

> > > Amy Posner

> > > Mom to Ben, DOC grad 11/16 (will be 1 year old on Sunday!)

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > For more plagio info