Cranial Osteopathy

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Thought I would post this here as this was the only section I read in big countdown!

Just wanted to let people know about this as it has made a huge huge difference to dd (4 weeks) and wish I had been told to try it by anyone (midwife, hv etc).

DD had a pretty traumatic birth after a failed induction, not descending, needing to be manually turned while still inside, then finally pulled out with forceps after her heart rate plummeted - she also had her cord wrapped 3 times round her neck.

Anyway, after 3 1/2 weeks of being awake until 5.30 in the morning, with a screaming baby, being convinced that there must be something wrong with breastfeeding, spending several nights just weeping, being dismissed by the gp and being advised to give her infacol and ride out her colic by the hv, we took her along to the cranial osteopath.

She showed us how twisted she was from being turned and the forceps (we hadn't really seen it as she wouldn't lie down while awake without howling) and did some work on her neck and shoulders and we now have a different baby! She slept all day the day after the treatment and has actually been awake and not been in pain for the first time.

I know it may not work for everyone but if you do have a difficult birth and your baby does seem to have all the classic colic symptoms it is worth giving it a go - I never realised just how desperate I would feel until this last couple of weeks and it is an awful feeling to watch your baby cry and cry and not be able to do anything.

Anyway, hope you don't have this experience but bear it in mind if you do before you start blaming yourself!

I can hugely recommend cranial osteopathy also. Our DD1 struggled during a long labour, dipping heart rate, my contractions being pretty ineffective and she was eventually born with the help of a ventouse. At which point we disovered the midwife's efforts (with best intentions) to break my waters to speed things up during labour had actually been badly scrathing the top of DD1's head, so it looked as if a cat had scratched a noughts and crosses board on her scalp, poor little thing. She was very colicy, lots of crying and not able to sleep properly for the first few weeks, until an NCT friend recommended a cranial osteopath in Guildford.

As others have said, within a couple of sessions we had a changed baby. We had six sessions in total, all absolutely worth every penny.

Another vote for co here, dd was a normal delivery, but within a couple of weeks became very irritable, crying constantly, and by 6 weeks I could see big ridges on her skull where the bones were still overlapping. I took her to a wonderful lady in Harrogate who treated her for 6 weeks and se was much better. She was still quite a cry-y baby, but nothing like she had been. I remember taking her to dsis for a visit on the way home from our 3rd session and she was awake and smiling. Dsis commented that it was the first time since the day she was born she had seen her awake and not either crying or feeding. We saw dsis almost every day so that was a big milestone.

Great thread! Heard about this at NCT but didn't really know what it was/the benefits. Will defo give it a try if necessary when LO arrives soon :)

Been asking about this on another thread . Anyone suggest someone in the Midlands area ? DD born by crash section under a general after her heart rate dropped off . The cord was incredibly tight around her neck . Thank god I told them I hadn't felt movement .

She doesn't sleep. Up 8 plus times a night , jolting awake . Impossible to.put down for naps. Wondered if it might help .

arctic is Shropshire any good to you? If so, Fiona Dunmore at the allens practice is marvellous.
DS had a difficult birth and ended up with encephalopathy so we went to see her. She diagnosed his reflux, sorted his body out and because she was the only person to see him regularly for the first few weeks she was able to track his progress which really helped my confidence.

We still see her from time to time and I'm taking dd to see her next week to see if she can help with her glue ear. My husband remains sceptical but thinks she's a marvel for keeping me sane.

Hello there, We eventually went to a CO with our 3 month old son.

traumatic birth, cried a lot, wouldn't nap and settle for sleeps, suffered with bloating, seemed to 'squirm' all the time and seemed generally stressed and unhappy. HV's suggested cholic - so we tried infacol etc which didn't really have much effect. We got to 3 months and I saw some photo's of him and he just looked tired and stressed - like an old man. Friends of ours had been to CO's and said how amazing it was, so we decided to try it after all even if it helped a bit that would be a bonus.

We had 3 sessions in total. The CO said that he was carrying a lot of tension in his back and neck - we mistook this for strength, as he had been holding his head up from a couple of weeks,...anyway the CO worked wonders, he changed from this tight ball of stress to a relaxed, more happy baby. I wish we had gone sooner!

Hope this garbled account makes sense, DS is now 2 and i'm trying to entertain him as i type!

I know it's quite some time since this thread was originally posted but if imustbepatient could let me know the name of the co in Guildford I would really appreciate it. Thanks!