Cephalohematoma experience

[DoulaLMT]

My 2 week old has a Cephalohematoma from prolonged pushing (about 4 hours). He was asynclitic and a tough fit, but thankfully still born at home. Any experiences on when the dang unsightly bump will go away??

[Jane]

I've seen them be very small in two weeks - so small that it's more like a funky shape than a bump. I've also seen them persist for 2-3 months.
I don't think arnica would help, but it certainly can't hurt.

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Congrats on your new baby.

[jennica]

Ds's got smaller, but never went away. He's 2 and half and still has a lump, but it isn't noticable or problematic in any way. I do wish I had known about craniosacral therapy though, as he is undergoing it now and I really think it would have helped the lump go away completely if we had done it while he was a newborn.

[DoulaLMT]

We did cst right after birth and have more scheduled....also doing arnica so it sounds like we are doing the right stuff. Thanks for the experiences!

[Rockies5]

My dd had the same (though only 5mins of pushing) it was large and due to positioning. It went up and down in size, but was gone by 4 months (but was bascially invisible under her hair after 6-8weeks). I read that typical is weeks to a year or more.

Your only concerns are jaundace (ours was prolonged, due to the blood in the cepth. not circulating) and it calcifying, which is really rare.

[art_teachermommy]

My son (2 in march) had one on his head...I only pushed for 20 mins...but I had a 37 hour long labor. The pedi. said that it would desolve its self over time and I actually was looking at his head the other day and it hit me that it's completely gone. In the early months I kept asking and asking about it and she reassured me everytime that it was no big deal and it would take care of it's self.