newborn head molding…

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skull of a newborn, fetal head molding, newborn head molding, newborn cranial deformation, molding, the newborn's head abnormal head shape, result from pressure on the head, a head-first delivery, compared to an adult, a newborn's head is large in proportion, rest, 1/4, the body surface area, bones, the skull, soft, pliable, gaps between the plates of bone, gaps close, the bones grow, brain reaches its full size, spaces between the bony plates, the skull, cranial sutures, two gaps, particularly large, anterior, posterior fontanelles, the soft spots, feeling the top of baby's head, a head-first delivery, pressure on the head, tight birth canal, "mold" the head into an oblong shape, depending on the amount, duration of pressure, skull bones, overlap, most common, overall safest, type of delivery, fluid, collect, in the scalp, caput succedaneum, blood beneath the scalp, cephalohematoma, the baby, further distort the shape, appearance, the head, typically a source of much concern, new parents, fluid, blood collection in, around the scalp, common occurrence, delivery, disappears after a few days, baby is born breech, delivery by cesarean section, head, round, well shaped, extreme abnormalities in head size, not related to molding, microcephaly, abnormally small head size, macrocephaly, abnormally large head size.