Guest guest Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 My doc said some kids are more prone to it than others. I had a vaginal delivery and tore (I don't remember how much but not a 4th degree tear). My son's head was 14cm in circumference and was 7 lb. 7 1/2 oz. His plagio was noticed at 2 months BUT I still wonder if he had it prior and we just didn't realize it because he had hair and lost it all right about 2 months. Babies heads are SO mailable (sp?) that for how much they sleep and the constant putting them on their back could contribute quite a bit in my opinion. Also, if there is tort than contributes as well. Another thing (at least for me) is that I typically hold babies with my right arm and didn't switch it up much. I BF till 7 months BUT my son totally preferred one side over the other. I (as well as lactation people) thought it was that I produced more on one side...I don't think that was it...I think it was that my son had a neck tightness that was SO slight that over time I produced significantly less on the one side. Some things we won't know but it is interesting to hear what different people have been told. > > id like to know weather ppl besides me had vaginal versus c section > deiveries..any tears etc..I had a 4th degree tear my sonw as too big > to be delivered vaginally but doc did it anyhow..what did your docs say > was the cause of the plagio? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 My son was 10lbs 11 oz and I had him vaginally(!?!?!?!). If I remember correctly, I only had a second degree tear (again, !?!?!?!?), very minor, considering. My doctor had no idea he was that big and I had just had a sonogram the week before, and he was 2 days late (and he was my second). Even after the delivery, as the doctor held him in his hands, he guessed him to weigh about 9lbs 2oz. He was way off. They put him on the scale and it said 10 lbs 1 oz, and I almost had a heart attack, and then the nurse said, " wait a minute, he was moving, let me do that again. " And that time it said 10 lbs 11oz. Oh yeah, 24 inches long too. Had I known, I would have screamed for a c-section... Anyway, my son's head was stuck to the right in utero and he was born with a dent on the left side of his forehead (where it pressed into the uterine wall) and torticollis. His head came out looking like Dan Akroyd's rendition of a Conehead. But eventually popped out and besides the dent in his forehead, was perfectly round. However, the tort was not diagnosed until he was 2 months old and in that time, he developed severe plagio. So, at least in our case, plagio was not caused by the birth itself, but rather by in utero circumstances. Hope that helps. Jake-17m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DocBand 2/11/08) Jordan-4 > > id like to know weather ppl besides me had vaginal versus c section > deiveries..any tears etc..I had a 4th degree tear my sonw as too big > to be delivered vaginally but doc did it anyhow..what did your docs say > was the cause of the plagio? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 I just reread that and I wanted to clarify that in utero circumstances (the way his head was held to the right for so long) caused the tort which led to the plagio. He did not have plagio in utero, and the birth didn't cause it, the tort did. Sorry for the confusion. > > > > id like to know weather ppl besides me had vaginal versus c section > > deiveries..any tears etc..I had a 4th degree tear my sonw as too > big > > to be delivered vaginally but doc did it anyhow..what did your docs > say > > was the cause of the plagio? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 If you search the old messages people have a lot of theories about this. Some babies are born with a dent or odd headshape indicating in utereo constraint is a big contributor. However studies show a very clear link to back sleeping, and I don't think they show a link to much else. Our cranio facial specialist (plastic surgeon) said it is also more common in kids with large heads. -christine sydney 2 yrs starband grad > > id like to know weather ppl besides me had vaginal versus c section > deiveries..any tears etc..I had a 4th degree tear my sonw as too big > to be delivered vaginally but doc did it anyhow..what did your docs say > was the cause of the plagio? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 I had labor Monday morning at 7:30 a.m. until Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m. when they took me for a C-section. Her head was humongous, and she was stuck sort of sideways in my pelvis. So, three days of labor (two of horrible, awful, never-going-to-have-another-baby labor) caused it. It makes sense when you looked at her head and saw the way it was misshapen. To us, it didn't matter what caused it. What mattered was how we could work on fixing it. Good luck! mother to Savannah STARband graduate 2/19/08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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