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The caput is few millimeters in thickness, but it may be large and protrudes from the
vagina giving a wrong impression that the head is low, when actually it is not engaged.
The caput disappears within one or two days after delivery.
The presence of the caput indicates that:

(1) The fetus was alive during labor.
(2) Labor was prolonged and obstructed.

(3) the site of the caput gives idea about the position of the head during labour
because it is formed over the lowest part of the head.
Note: Caput means head and succedaneum means swelling.

Caput Succedaneum(medicine.en.academic.com)

Molding
It means that the flat bones of the fetal skull overlap each other.

one parietal bone over-laps the other and both parietals overlap the occipital bone.
In severe degrees, the parietal bones overlap the frontal bones. Slight molding is

physiological and beneficial because it diminishes the diameters of the head and
facilitates its passage through the birth canal. Severe or rapid molding is dangerous as
it may lead to intracranial hemorrhage.

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