jaw alignment problem in 4 week old - breach

[kirstyleicester]

not sure where to post this question...dd2 is now 4 weeks old. she was wedged under my rib cage for the last 10 weeks of my pregnancy and was delivered by elective section.. when she was born we noticed her bottom jaw was pushed in and over to one side. this has corrected itself pretty much to look at but her actual gum line looks mishapen on one side. has anyone had experience of this, could it cause problems when teeth appear? with eating? she struggles to latch on really well when feeding, breast feeding only possible through a nipple shield. Any ideas/advice would be great!

My daughter had a mild jaw alignment problem when she was born (probably by the way she was yanked out!), although they never found any problems and said it would get better on it's own. I also struggled to establish breastfeeding and managed a few latches through a nipple shield. After a few weeks I noticed she was completely fine and the jaw was back to normal. She is now 11 months, eats really well, feeds really well (although always been by bottle), has lovely teeth and no problems.

Maybe because your babies jaw alignment sounds a little more serious than what my daughter's was then it mightjust take a little longer to sort itself out. I'd say if she's still struggling in a couple of weeks you could get it checked out.

I was also told by a chiropractor friend that craneopathy can help but we never looked into it.

Irons do you mean cranial osteopathy? That is what I was going to suggest.

e3chick - I think you are right.

I was going to suggest cranial osteopathy as well.

DS had a problem feeding on one side, after the first appt things were a lot better.

Definitely cranial osteopathy but find somebody who really specialises in that area.
where do you live?

thanks everyone...i have never herd of cranial osteopathy, so am off to google it now!! Daxibaby, I live in leicester. will be back once i have looked into cranial osteopathy!

That looks amazing, is it available on the NHS or with it being complimentary therapy is it just done on a private basis? interestinly when i looked into it i found that jaw alignment problems can also cause reflux, which is Ruby is also suffering from. would not have occured to me that the problems cold be linked. I am going to speak to my GP to see if we can be referred.

I have always paid for it myself as it hadn't occurred to me to go via the GP as I would imagine they would dismiss it - but I may be wrong.

I also wanted the problem sorted out asap so the problems didn't get worse.

If you want someone who is recommended it is probably worth starting a thread on MN asking for recommendations.

Good luck

You need to find a practice that are experienced with babies. My sister took my nephew as he was a colicky baby and it was brilliant! He became a happier baby and while she was there they treated her as well (no extra charge)! as she had had a c section and had been pulled about as he was 11lbs plus and did not want to come out!! Her pelvis and hips were out of alignment and she was much better even after one treatment. Think they had about 4 in all.

She was unaware that they had a pre-birth course and wished that she had known about it as she would have gone to it. Apparently it helps with hips and pelvis and getting baby in right position for birth.