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mcwestphal · Oct 17, 2007, 04:56 PM

My eight week old daughter has a small purple bump that comes out of her soft spot. I have brought her to her pediatrician and all he said was that it may just be extra skin and that we will keep a eye on it. I really do not think it is extra skin because you can phycally move the bump? Any ideas.

J_9 · Oct 17, 2007, 05:25 PM

How was she delivered? Vaginal? Forceps? Vacuum Extraction? Does she have jaundice?

A purple bump on the soft spot indicates something called a hematoma which is nothing to worry about really. It will go away on it's own if that is what this is.

mcwestphal · Oct 17, 2007, 05:35 PM

She was delivered vaginally. It was a very fast delivery, one hour from start to finish. Her heartrate did drop so he had me push her out in one push. This is my fourth child and I have never seen this. I am also a daycare provider and yet have never seen this. What is a hematoma? Thanks for the quick response.

J_9 · Oct 17, 2007, 05:42 PM

A hematoma is very common, especially with a quick labor like yours.

Basically a hematoma is a bruise. If you work in daycare you won't see a hematoma as it is typically resolved by the time you would get the baby.

It really is nothing to worry about. It happens quite often.

mcwestphal · Oct 17, 2007, 05:49 PM

Wouldn't she have had this from birth on? She didn't develop the purple bump until she was three weeks old?

J_9 · Oct 17, 2007, 05:51 PM

Okay, then, is her fontanel ( soft spot) bulging or depressed? Does it feel normal?

How about feeding, what kind of feeding is she getting? Formula? Breast?

mcwestphal · Oct 17, 2007, 05:59 PM

Her soft spot is normal except for a bump that sticks out of it. It is about the size of a marble. Like half the marble sticks out. She was bottle feed with brest milk for the first four weeks then I gradually mixed in formula (soy milk) with the breast milk. Since about six and a half weeks she has been totally been on formula.