It has been a while since I have posted. Homeschooling 5 kids can make you too busy. :) Faith is 2 and is doing so well. I really forget all we went through. ...
Please email privately is you need a special car seat. We bought on and only kids with spica casts can really use it so not sure what to do with it. We live in...
Hiya, just wanted to introduce myself, thanks for accepting me to the group! My daughter, Layla, is now 19 months old. Due to many faults on part of my...
Hi everyone. My son was just fitted to a pavlik. So far the doctor thinks this is all he will need. He isn't 4 months old yet so what I've read seems to say...
Hi, My daughter, Maddie, is 12 weeks old and was diagnosed with DHD more or less at birth. Both her hips are completely dislocated and, having tried various...
Hi Terry I am not going to be much help re your questions as I am a new member but just wanted to make contact. My daughter, Maddie, is going into a spica...
Hi Terry, I have become good friends with a girl who was in the hospital at the same time as myself and my daughter, she has a little boy with CDH and like my...
Thanks everyone. The doctor said his numbers aren't too bad. He suggested a spica if the left hip stays out. He thinks the pavlik will work. I fighting...
Georgia came out of her abductor brace 3 weeks ago, so we now have 2 Britax 2-way Elite to sell. They are in excellent condition and are the specially adapted...
Hi i am currently pregnant with our second child. My DD was born after a Breech birth with both hips fully dislocated but which rectified itself after 9mths in...
hi my five month old daughter is going into hospital on the 20th of this month to have a arthogram and we are 99% sure she'll be placed in a spica cast for...
Hi there my daughter maddie has been in a hip spica for four weeks now and we have 8 left to go. I must admit we found it hard to begin with as mads seemed...
Hi there this probably wont help you but as far as i can see there is lots of reasons for ddh i have a bad family history of ddh my grandfather had it then had...
Claire, Here are some stats regarding more than one family member with DDH. There is a genetic component to it. A girl who had a sibling with DDH has an 11%...
hi caroline Just to say thankyou for all the advice this really is a great site, friday is creeping up very quickly and i'm dreading the whole thing but at...
Hi i'm a new member my 5 month old daughter has been diagnosed with ddh she is going to ninewells scotland for an arthogram on 20/4/07 then she'll be in cast...
Hi Kerry. It's a nerve-racking time for you, but believe me, your daughter will adapt soooo quickly and will be just as happy as she would have been...
hi kerry just to wish you all the best for friday. Having done a couple of stints in the hospital and if you read this before you go I would advise you to...
Abi is 2 years & 3 months, she has a dislocated hip, and is having operation on 23/04/07 to correct hip position and straighten thigh bone. She will be in a...
Just thought I would introduce myself. I'm Rebecca and the mother of a 12 week old son, Aidan. He was diagnosed with clicky hip when he was 2 days old and wore...
Rebecca It sounds good that they have found the problem so early, so there will be a better chance of the treatment working. My daughter's CDH was missed...
Hi Rebecca My daughter, Maddie, who is now 13 months old, was diagnosed with clicky hips at 2 days old and our local hospital tried to treat it initially with...
Hi Hazel, Caroline & Maddie Many thanks for all your kind words. It really helps knowing that there are other people out there going through or have been...
I know this might sound like a stupid question but what is the difference between CDH & DDH? I know that CDH is congenital dislocated hip and DDH stands for ...
... Hi Rebecca, My daughter who has just turned 6 was born with a clicky hip which was discovered when she was 1 day old, she spent 6 weeks in a pavlik harness...
Hi All, Our daughter Abigail has recently had her Hip Spica removed after 12 weeks -oh bliss! However we are a bit concerned about the leg operated on, the...
Hi Sounds ridiculous but I'm not really sure. I only know that maddie has DDH as that is what it says on her notes at hospital. I think CDH might be when it...
... Hi, My daughter who has just turned 6 was exactly the same her leg that was operated on was a bit longer as well but it has now sorted it's self out, it...
... Hi, I have asked my cousin who is a nurse about the difference between DDH and CDH, There is no difference it is one and the same CDH is what it used to be...
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