Possible Birth trauma?

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To cut a long story short my son is aged 3 and has lately been showing signs of being very angry/frustrated, he screams at the top of his lungs often and has quite a severe stutter that started the past 2-3 months..

He was born at home, 10lbs and it was a very difficult labour - I was pushing for around 3-4 hours.

When he was born he didn't scream or anything, he flopped onto the bed and the midwife went to resuscitate him when he let out a louder than life scream. This went on for around 8-10 months, he had a belly button infection, colic, reflux and screamed what felt like most of the day.

Myself and my husband have put most things down to temperament but there's always been a feeling that perhaps something wasn't quite right. His apgar score was 9 when born.

I feel so awful even writing this but it does plague me and my husband we try not talk about it.. but lately his behaviour combined with a few other things feel again, questionable..

His nursery also mentioned his stutter to me.

I don't know what I'm looking for on here by writing this? Perhaps someone has experienced the same?

It was a challenge from day 1 and has been until now. Can anyone relate to large baby difficult birth and baby outcomes?

Thank you so much

Bumping op

His Apgar score was 9. He didn't need any resuscitation. Based on those two factors I would be incredibly surprised if there was any birth trauma.

I had an 11ib baby, a lot longer delivery. It's unrelated to his behaviour. He may have some development or genetic issue that could become more obvious with age. Hope he's getting speech therapy meantime?

Hi OP, based on what you've said it doesn't sound like birth trauma. My first was a screamer and I think it's probably human nature to seek alternate explanations when you've covered all the usual bases. I used to wonder if it was because I had anxiety during the pregnancy. Do you think his anger and frustration are outside of what's normal for three? Could they be exacerbated by his stutter? I imagine that's really frustrating for him.

Thanks everyone- I do sometimes wonder if there are any neurological difficulties that he may have experienced due to mild lack of oxygen hence why he came out screaming like that. Also someone mentioned reflux and swallowing problems as a sign, my son had both.