Cesarean Section: When the Baby's Body Isn't Informed by Pelvic Passage

In Manual Therapy, birth is considered the first act of deep bodily structuring. Passing through the maternal pelvis is not just a way to "exit" the uterus. It is a process of mechanical and neurological encoding.

🔹 During a vaginal delivery, the baby's skull undergoes a series of physiological compressions and torsions as it comes into contact with the bony pelvis (sacrum, coccyx, ischial bones, pubis).

🔹 This progression is accompanied by an occipito-sacral thrust, a true dialogue between the infant's occipital bone and the maternal sacrum.

🔹 This pressure activates the baroreceptors, stimulates the vagal system, promotes the first breath, and begins to tighten the craniosacral axis.

But when a baby is born by scheduled cesarean section, they don't benefit from this experience.

👉 Common consequences observed in osteopathic practice:

• Malformed skull, restricted sphenoid, blocked occiput

• Reduced mobility of the reciprocal tension membranes

• Sucking difficulties, neck stiffness, regurgitation

• Sleep or digestive disorders

• Delayed integration of motor patterns

• Early postural disorders (hypertonia, hypotonia, functional scoliosis, etc.)

💡 Early osteopathic support, while respecting tissue memory, can help:

• Release areas of cranial or pelvic restriction

• Restore primary respiratory movement

• Stimulate the craniosacral axis and intracranial membranes

• Provide proprioceptive signals to the central nervous system

👶 Was your child born by cesarean section? Are you suffering from a bodily imbalance or persistent functional disorders?

📩 Feel free to write to me: I'm preparing a comprehensive report on the link between birth and posture—to illuminate, support, and release what birth left untransmitted.