Absolutely!
Pam Heselev has done some work on this. If you check the archives for my
name and 'tightness' you'll find some descriptions and suggested remedies
Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil)
Breastfeeding Counsellor
PhD Candidate - "Ethical Issues in the marketing of 'Toddler Milks'"
 

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From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kellie Whitney
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 1:44 PM
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Subject: [LACTNET] baby with crooked mouth/tongue

No input to offer, but another question...
   
  Could a crooked mouth/tongue be related to birth trauma? I had a very
traumatic birth, ending with a vaccuum extraction, and suffered from
temporary partial facial paralysis in the early weeks. My mother had to
physically help me bottle-feed until I was less "lopsided," and could latch
onto the bottle on my own. It was so bad that the only close-up of me in the
early days is the one taken in the hospital. Between the crooked mouth and
the horrid cone-head (also due to the extraction) I can certainly understand
why no one was clammoring to take photos of me as a newborn! Of course, my
mom has a 5 x 7 enlargement of it in her bedroom. Perhaps she has used it as
an incentive to be consistent with birth control ;). She used to insist that
I was the "most beautiful baby she had ever seen" until her grandchildren
were born. Aren't moms great? Seriously, I was REALLY ugly. Even my doting
stepdad occasionally cracks a joke about that picture, especially after I
give birth: "Good  thing he/she didn't come out looking like you did, ha ha
ha." Lest you think he is evil, he raised me and utterly adores me. We just
both think it's funny that my mom refuses to admit how weird I looked (even
compared to other newborns). 
   
  I am convinced that my face is still a bit droopy on the right side, but
everyone else insists it is just the normal asymetry than non-supermodels
have in their faces :)
   
  Back to my point...is there any connection to birth interventions such as
vaccuum extraction and trauma in the mouth or tongue leading to
lopsidedness?
   
  --Kellie Whitney, LLLL (hopefully much better looking now than when I was
born!!!)

 		
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