I was just looking over Mom2Michael's pictures of her son at birth, and one thing struck me:
Her son's head was perfectly shaped at birth, too!
I remember the nurses at Joshua's first "specialist" visit (at three days) thinking he was a C-section baby because his head was so round and non-deformed (ie. no classic "conehead"!). I have always wondered if this was because his shoulders were so big, it somehow reduced the amount of pressure on his head as it passed down the birth canal. Or something like that?
Wondering what other OBPI babies' heads looked like at birth...
Kate
Head shape at birth?
- Tanya in NY
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Re: Head shape at birth?
Amber's head was round, but I only pushed a couple minutes (she was not my first baby). No time for any molding to happen in her situation.
Tanya in NY
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, 4 years old
Tanya in NY
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, 4 years old
Tanya in NY
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, 13 years old
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, 13 years old
- F-Litz
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Re: Head shape at birth?
Maia's head was conelike because they started me pushing at 7 cms (they manually tried to stretch my cervix open) and I pushed for 4 hours like that - at least 3 hours against a not fully dilated cervix. The top of her head matched my cervix.
- brandonsmom
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Re: Head shape at birth?
Brandon (BPI) and Tera(NON BPI but shoulder dystocia and broken clavicle)both had the most perfectly round head !
GAYLE
GAYLE
Re: Head shape at birth?
Harper also had a perfectly round head. Interesting.
~Lisa
~Lisa
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Re: Head shape at birth?
Logan (ROBPI) had a very cone-shaped head when he was born.
Crystal
Crystal
Re: Head shape at birth?
Jody had a nice head too. However, Manny my older son had the cone head and also had SD.
Marlyn
Marlyn
Re: Head shape at birth?
My daughter Lucy's head was round as well. I thought that it was odd that she didn't have a cone-head, I pushed for 2 hours!
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Re: Head shape at birth?
Alyssa was definetely cone shaped - she even had a bruise on the side of her face!
Jody
Jody
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Re: Head shape at birth?
Jessica's head was perfect-third child and fast delivery.