Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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