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<t>Thanks Kate for the advice. We are seeing our Orthopaedic specialist again in a couple of weeks and I will mention this to him for sure to see what he says. The only thing he told us last time was that she may be a candidate for bone shaving type of surgery ( I dont know if that is the same as th...

<t>My daughter also has a left Brachial Plexus injury from birth and her left shoulder is now the problem too. She is only 4 but I am noticing it more and more as she gets older. It was not something alot of Dr's here seemed to know alot about so apart from a little bit of PT in the first 2 years we...

<t>Tanya, how you have described the informal is just it. It was the lithomy position, no different than the position I was in for the other two and there was no record of shoulder dystocia on their files from birth. The descent for the other two was slow and required vacuum also but with this one i...

<t>The Dr used vacuum extraction to deliver her so yes his hands were technically on her head. He used so much force that he actually braced himself against the bed to pull the baby out ( much like a tug-o-war according to my husband ). It was a stretch injury and her nerves recovered but her should...

<t>Hi,<br/> Thanks for your responses, much appreciated.<br/> Well it seems that my legs were back ( no different than my other two babies so not right at my chest ) and that was good enough or part thereof of a McRoberts?? I dont think so but an expert seems to agree with him which is even scarier!...

<t>Hello,<br/> I am new to the forum, with a child who has LOBPI. I dont wish to say too much for legal reasons but I was hoping someone could perhaps enlighten me about the ins and outs of this McRoberts maneouvre during delivery. My Dr is claiming to have done an "informal" version of it and seems...