I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Holly and I am a mother of 5 children, 3 girls and 2 boys. When I was a baby I had a Congenital Hip and my 5th child...
Hi Holly, my daughter Emilia (5mths) also cries all the time! but she always has. I presumed it was just a 'girlie' thing after having 3 boys before her who...
Hi Holly Welcome to the forum. Sorry, it's taken so long for me to respond! I'm sorry to hear that your baby has CDH and that pavlik harness didn't work....
Hi Everyone, Amy has had her scan and to begin with it looked as though she too was going to have problems. The first 2 scans showed the right hip was slighly...
Hi Leanne That's great news. I'm so pleased for you, especially after all you've been through with Sophie!! Take care Sara x ... From: leanne175uk To:...
I added some pictures of Faith from her brace and now in her cast. She is doing so much better with sleeping and eating. She gets either a new cast or a brace...
Hi Guys After we'd been told her hip looks normal in her last check, imagine our shock when we were told this week that she has mild Dysplasia (don't know...
Shona, I an amazed that the doctor has not suggested doing something now. The earlier that something is done the easier. There is much that can be done other...
Hi Shona That must of been a shock for you! Your doctor was referring to an osteotomy. If you check out Nancy's website www.hip-baby.org it will give you...
Faith got her cast off and then they did an ultrasound and her hip looked "solid" but they still put a new cast on but it will only be for 4 weeks and it goes...
Holly I'm pleased to her that Faith's hip looks "solid". I hope the next 4 weeks go by really quickly. Enjoy the baths! I agree with you, I would have...
Hi! Amy was born on 31 Jan, and DR has just confirmed that both hips can be dislocated. She's in a harness, which needs to be on 24/7 for at least 3 months. I...
Hi Barbara, Welcome to the group. It is good they have found it fairly early, the earlier it is found the better and more chance of success. My daughter was...
Hi Barbara Welcome to the group and to parenthood!!! I'm sorry to hear Amy is in a pavlik harness. The harness does fix up to 90% of cases, it is very...
Hi Barbara - Sorry to hear about Amy being in a harness - our daughter Carys had one at a slightly older age, was told she'd have it for at least 4 months and...
Barbara, The fact that your daughter is still young and that her hips are in the socket though they can be dislocated is good news. This means that they are ...
Thank you all sooo much for your replies - it's so nice to know that you're all there! We took Amy for her first week check-up yesterday, and the doctor did a...
I have talked with you all about my daughter Faith but I have not really told you all about me. I had a congenital hip when I was a baby. It was found early...
Holly Thank you so much for sharing your story, it has helped me...... Too often I've heard from adults that had hip dysplasia and treatment as a child and...
Hi my daughter had/has DDH both hips since birth. She wore a pavlik 24/7 for 6mths and then had an xray where the ADULT orto doc said her hips were still...
Claire, A friend of mine had twins in January, and her son apparently has shallow sockets, too, since birth. However, the consultant has also recommended no...
Hi Is there anyway you could see a PAEDIATRIC Orthopaedic Doc?? Children's bones are so different to adults and Ped Ortho's have special training in this...
Claire, I would be worried as you are. A 1/2 mm change is really small. The problem with DDH is that if you wait too long then the treatment gets more ...
Nancy Sanders <njsanders@...> wrote:Claire, I would be worried as you are. A 1/2 mm change is really small. The problem with DDH is that if you wait too...
Claire, It is very possible for a child to have had some treatment, then stopped treatment, and things to either get worse, or have never been totally 'fixed'...
I recognize a couple of names here, my youngest is hannahka was diagnosed at birth with bilateral DDH 8 days driple diaper, pavlik for 4 months, free for 4...
I have talked with you all about my daughter Faith but I have not really told you all about me. I had a congenital hip when I was a baby. It was found early...
I was born with cdh, and we are expecting our first grandchild,It may be a girl, and am wondering if anyone has had heredity to the grandchildren? We had 2...
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