<t>I'm very hopeful that this is one of those cases that will heal very quickly of course. Thank you for the info. Dawson had very dark bruising from his nose up as well as bruising on the affected shoulder and at the elbow joint. My husband didn't see the doctor do anything "rough". I'll ask him mo...

<t>Since I got such a great response on my first question here goes question number two. I'll apologize in advance because I have so many. <br/> <br/> I'm trying to figure out how my son was injured. I understand the shoulder dystocia concept. Here's the part that confuses me. I have three sons. The...

<r>What a warm welcome from everyone! I was having a down-day today because of some unrelated issues and its already looking better. I'm so glad I found these boards. I do have tons of questions. The information I'm reading is so confusing because depending on where you look the info on treatment co...

<t>Thank you both for the replies. I appreciate the welcome and also appreciate Amy's response. <br/> The OB does know about my history and they had people at the hospital talk to me about PPD. Of course when they talked to me I was the pillar of strength comfortably nestled into a warm world of den...

<t>Our third son, Dawson Wayne, was born 11 days ago! He has stolen our hearts and the joy we feel over his birth will not soon fade, but Dawson suffered a BPI during delivery. When they explained it to me the pediatrician basically said that some nerves had been stretched during delivery and that h...