Hellobee Boards Topic: Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Was your LO's head misshapen at birth? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:37:47 +0000 hilsy85 on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-394439 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:43:15 +0000 hilsy85 394439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup. I only pushed for 20 minutes, but he had a golf ball sized lump on the back of his head. It went away within a few hours. rachiecakes on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-394435 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:41:23 +0000 rachiecakes 394435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skibobrown: not true for us - between the giant episiotomy and the vacuum on his head, we were both pretty mangled. I think I fall into the "should've been a csection" category... Mrs. Pen on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-394276 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:57:20 +0000 Mrs. Pen 394276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ yep! but only for a day :) sarac on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-394269 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:47:46 +0000 sarac 394269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 2 hours of pushing = hilarious baby conehead. erinpye on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-394225 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:01:47 +0000 erinpye 394225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, perfectly round and tiny. Only pushed for an hour. lovehoneybee on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391127 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:12:17 +0000 lovehoneybee 391127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ His head was a bit misshapen...pushed 2 hours and he was posterior. It seems like it rounded out really fast, though. [attach=1866/12/mdb7wj.600x400.Evan4.jpg] skibobrown on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391115 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:56:01 +0000 skibobrown 391115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think you get one of the other -- baby has misshapen head, or your lady parts get ripped to pieces. (That's assuming a natural birth.) My baby had a beautiful round head due to a fast birth, but I was a whole different story... Mrs. Superhero on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391087 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:12:26 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 391087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My oldest had a cone head but the baby had a perfectly shaped head. That's the difference on one hour pushing vs two minutes. DontFrett on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391029 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:26:27 +0000 DontFrett 391029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I only pushed for 20 minutes... her head was ridiculously perfect. It's still a nice shape at 6 months old, but huge : ) lemondrop on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391027 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:25:18 +0000 lemondrop 391027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very coneheaded, with a huge hematoma. He still has a small bump where the hematoma was, but it doesn't show much now that he has more hair. cheesetomywhine on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391017 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:14:46 +0000 cheesetomywhine 391017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I pushed for around 3 hours and was pleasantly surprised that she did not have a cone head! Kemma on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391014 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:06:42 +0000 Kemma 391014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Sure was, I pushed for two hours and Baby was a ventouse delivery so she had a wicked head shape going on. Baby also lost all the skin of the back of her head where the cup was suctioned on and she was really ragey and uncomfortable for her first week of life - poor Bubba! T-Mom on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-391001 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:42:12 +0000 T-Mom 391001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Cone head with both but not as bad with #2.. Mrs. Bee on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390981 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:13:17 +0000 Mrs. Bee 390981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i pushed for 3 hours before my c section with charlie and he definitely had a cone head. i pushed for 40 min with olive and she had a perfect head! heffalump on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390973 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:08:26 +0000 heffalump 390973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I only pushed for an hour, her head was normal and round. rachiecakes on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390971 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:05:08 +0000 rachiecakes 390971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @lydg: my DS, too - vacuum & sunny side up. He had a giant hematoma on the back of his head like a big bloody water balloon. My mom was traumatized. It went down within a week but his newborn photos make me cry :( Ree723 on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390935 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:25:26 +0000 Ree723 390935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, she had a perfectly shaped head! I attribute that to our awesome midwife who let me labour down for 2 hrs before starting to push. It also took less than an hour to push her out (and only 5 or 6 contractions as they had slowed way down at that point) and we went from seeing about an inch of her head to a full baby out in one big push - she was in a hurry! On the plus side - a lovely shaped head for her, on the downside - a nice 2nd degree tear for me! Rainbow Sprinkles on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390910 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:51:56 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 390910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She had a crazy cone head for the first day. She was posterior and hard to squeeze out. chopsuey on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390848 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:20:54 +0000 chopsuey 390848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah cone head! She has a beautiful shaped head now though! All the Korean ajummas go crazy over it matador84 on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390844 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:19:38 +0000 matador84 390844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes...cone head! He had to be vacuumed out and was sunny side up. We're still doing PT because he developed torticollis and his flat spot was a little worse than normal. sorrycharlie on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390836 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:06:42 +0000 sorrycharlie 390836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope..she came out so fast that her head was a normal shape. And huge. She did some damage! mrskc on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390834 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:04:38 +0000 mrskc 390834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah, he had a cone head from coming thru the birth canal. erwoo on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390831 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:56:36 +0000 erwoo 390831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My oldest was breech so the top of his head was flatter than it should have been b/c I guess I squashed it while he was in utero. I didn't notice that until he was a little older and compared pictures. They all pop back in shape! autumnlove on "Was your LO's head misshapen at birth?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/was-your-los-head-misshapen-at-birth#post-390828 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:53:00 +0000 autumnlove 390828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I pushed for almost 3 hours before I had a c-section so LO's head was a little smushed!