February 2014 Moms

Vacuum knot on LOs head

So my DS will be 6 weeks this coming Monday and he still has a knot on his head from them using the vacuum during delivery. The pediatrician said it would be 2 months but my question is, if your LO had one too, did it get hard before completely going away? It hasn't went down really in the last week but gotten harder.

Re: Vacuum knot on LOs head

  • DS1 had the vacuum used on him and I don't remember the sight becoming hard. It was red and swollen but it never became hard. I would probably ask my pedi about it again try not to worry. If she said it was normal the it probably is, it just didn't happen with Ds1.

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  • I don't have experience, but was wondering can you rub it down? Like with DS1 before I had my c/s he got stuck on the way out so he was cone headed ad we rubbed it back to the prettiest round peanut you ever did see
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  • Mine didn't have the vacuum, but had a large red swollen knot that the ped said was like a blood blister. It got hard and is still there at 6.5 weeks. Ped said it would get hard then go away with time. It's not very pretty though.

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  • @noconalove ...It sounds like what I had as a baby I had this HUGE red thing right on my forehead it also looked like a blood blister. It was gone by 3 or 4 months i believe. I have a small little mark from it but you wouldn't know it unless I point it out to people. Its not red just flesh tone.
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