Hi Jean,
Poor little baby.
I had some parents who responded to my post who said that they definitely
believed that their baby was in a lot of pain due to the nerve injury. Often
this was not taken seriously (mantra, obstetric brachial plexus injury
doesn't cause pain) but in some cases pain relief was provided for a period
of time. It must be awful to have a difficult birth and then to deal with an
injured child with little idea of recovery.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

>   Karleen, thanks for your reply.  As it turns out, the one baby with the
> brachial plexus injury on the right side, had a fractured left humerous,
> only detected on day three.  Needless to say it was the result of an
> horendous birth with impacted shoulders (but I won't air my views on
that!)
>
>   Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
>   South Africa   [log in to unmask]

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