My DS is just over 4 months old, having been born at 34w as I was suffering from pre-eclampsia. The cord was wrapped around his neck twice and knotted and he suffered Grade 1 hypoxia. He also had a shoulder dystocia. He spent a week in the NICU and recovered very quickly. I was told as the oxygen deprivation was brief all should be well.
He has been hitting his milestones so far so we are feeling quite relieved. He was discharged to our local hospital (had him at a London teaching hospital for other reasons) and we were told he should be monitored. Our local hospital is totally disinterested and the first time we saw them at about 2 months, they sent us away without even examining and asked us why we were referred as there was clearly nothing wrong with him. We were just doing as we were told!
Anyway, there are a few things I have noticed - he doesn't seem to rotate his right shoulder properly and he is curling his toes inwards a lot. I want him now to be referred to a private paediatrician as I have insurance, because I think they are more likely to check him over properly and I don't have a huge amount of faith in our local hospital.
Does anyone have similar issues or know of a paediatrician in London they would recommend?