Re: question c-section

[Guest guest]

Sheena,

I have a 10 year old daughter with Ds who was also born via c-section. I am very interested to hear if anyone has any suggestions because we have sleep issues too. She sleeps face down curled up in the fetal position and will not sleep alone for very long - she only sleeps well when she is right up next to me or her father. We have integrated some reflexes but the need for constant deep pressure stimulation still remains a problem. Look forward to hearing from others.

[Guest guest]

Let me first say I am no expert in this method and have only taking the Dynamic

& Postural relexes class.

I believe in one of your posts you stated that your daughter lies on her side. I

would look at the spinal galant reflex as it is a birthing reflex as well, that

is stimulated in the birth canal. " An incorrect hip rotation may also be

displayed during walking " (from the manual), which may account for the " duck "

walk that is seen with many children with the labeling of Down's. The other

reflex that you may want to look at is Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (TLR), this is

an opposing reflex for the Spinal Galant meaning it may prevent the spinal

galant from fully integrating (someone correct me if I am wrong). Your daughter

may be in the TLR-in-flexion position when sleeping, this is when the knees are

totally tucked under the body and the head is facing down as well by the ground

and hands are by the head. There is also a relation between this reflex (TLR)

and hypotonic and low body weight.

Hope this helps. As stated before that are other that are much more familiar and

experienced with Masgutova method than I and hopefully they have some advise as

well.

Yolande

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> Sheena,

> I have a 10 year old daughter with Ds who was also born via c-section. I

> am very interested to hear if anyone has any suggestions because we have

> sleep issues too. She sleeps face down curled up in the fetal position and

> will not sleep alone for very long - she only sleeps well when she is right

> up next to me or her father. We have integrated some reflexes but the need

> for constant deep pressure stimulation still remains a problem. Look

> forward to hearing from others.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I also wanted to add that though I haven't taking the course in which the

Abdominal reflex is taught from my understanding the abdominal reflex is a

reflex that greatly affects sleeping quality. It is also a facilitating reflex

for the TLR in flexion.

Yolande

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> Sheena,

> I have a 10 year old daughter with Ds who was also born via c-section. I

> am very interested to hear if anyone has any suggestions because we have

> sleep issues too. She sleeps face down curled up in the fetal position and

> will not sleep alone for very long - she only sleeps well when she is right

> up next to me or her father. We have integrated some reflexes but the need

> for constant deep pressure stimulation still remains a problem. Look

> forward to hearing from others.

>

>

[Guest guest]

We are doing many of these same reflexes with our autistic son who has also had

sleep issues. He also craves the deep pressure. While I think all of the

reflexes are helpful, the tactile and fear paralysis are the ones that I believe

got us more sleep. We also do a private gymnastics session every week, which

for us is more of an OT session. So many reflexes can be strengthened in a good

children gym.