Hi Everyone. My son Davis was born at 38 & 4 (10 minutes untraceable heart rate before birth and 12 minutes resuscitation post birth). He was flown to our nearest NIPCU within 8 hours of birth and had 8 day stay (initial 72 hours cooling) all our tests, MRI, monitoring came back with no indication of any long term effects from his birth but we are seeing many specialists to keep track and at our 4 week consult with physio they said that his movement don’t see quite right and now I’m paranoid about his movements even though he’s hitting his milestones for a 3 month old (rolling, holding his head up, reaching and playing with toys) I just want to know what everyone noticed with their little ones that have a Cerebral Palsy diagnoses just out of curiosity and worry for my little guy. I just want to be prepared and educated on what to expect so I can do right by him
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My husbands brother had CP from his traumatic birth and he hit no milestones ever, it was very obvious in the beginning

My brother has CP and my mum says he was delayed for all his milestones but he also had a heart condition and had major surgery so wasn’t diagnosed till later on.
CP diagnosis is variable its such a large spectrum of severity etc, take every day as it comes and see what they say.

Hi what a beautiful baby 🥰 I can't really help as my son (5) was/is suspected to have mild cp after a traumatic birth, we never had any follow up with any appointments as he started to meet milestones, things like walking, running and climbing came easily to him at the ages youd expect, he had some difficulties with eating, swallowing and drooling but they have resolved, he has some minor speech impairments still but his speech is pretty much as you'd expect for his age, he has no educational needs, his feed slightly turn in when he walks and he wears high ankle boots to help to support his ankles and feet while walking but you barely notice it now, except for when he's tired when they turn in more, but he doesn't trip or fall more often than other 5 year olds do. Unrelated, he does have autism, so that process sort of took over any concerns about cp, especially because as time went on he seemed less and less affected. I'm sorry I can't be any more help but just wanted to share our experience x

We had the same a completely clear mri after 45 mins of cpr we’re waiting on a new mri as she is developmentally delayed so there was stuff that was missed

It just depends on the severity she’s been on time for some milestones others she’s been months behind she’s 10 and a half months and only started rolling this week and doesn’t sit unsupported even tho she’s been in physio and with the OT from she came out of the nicu

I know you asked for those with CP diagnoses, but I just wanted to pop on and say that my babe with HIE has always had slower physical milestones and has needed weekly PT her whole life to keep herself on track. She is almost 2 and the last time we saw her specialist she told us she didn’t think that my daughter has CP, it will just take her longer to get on track and strengthen her body to where it needs to be! So, even if the therapists aren’t sure about your little man’s movement it doesn’t necessarily mean CP is in his future! Our HIE warriors are amazing with what they can achieve!