Mom was vomiting for the first four months of her pregnancy. The fetus was stuck in the birth canal for ten hours, so the homebirth was aborted.
At the hospital, she pushed for another four hours. The doctor finally performed a vacuum extraction that left a mark on the top of his head. Mom said he was “ripped out” with the cord wrapped around his neck.
He had difficulty breastfeeding with a poor latch. The lip and tongue tie surgeries were unsuccessful, and mom resorted to a nipple shield. He later had chronic reflux.
At the evaluation visit, he had the typical zero-second brain cycle and tight body. The strain pulling his neck away from his head was distinctive because the force used to pull him out of the womb was still present.
That gave me an eerie feeling, like I was holding him at birth. That strain had created a lot of issues for him now at six years of age.
He had head pain, and his teeth hurt to brush. He did not like anyone touching his head.
He had a lisp, ground his teeth, and his neck glands were chronically swollen. He had a general tightness to his body while exhibiting the typical ADHD symptoms.
He had a lot of arching and deep neck strain pulling into his head. His body opened well over three visits of therapy to a brain cycle of 170 seconds. I expect him to experience significant healing with continued therapy.
The medical model completely discounts soft tissue trauma from birth. But the craniosacral fascial system can hold its memory, resulting in adverse lifetime effects.
A difficult delivery like this one needs to raise professional red flags, even during the birth. This newborn must be treated to revisit and clear the effects of trauma while the soft tissue wounds are still fresh.
Gillespie Approach Training is a must for all neonatal providers. I believe that a significant amount of the world’s suffering can be prevented at birth.
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