Talipes

[Tamzfamily]

Hi girls

i went to doc today to pick up ultrasound pics that were done 4 weeks ago. the other week in bed my partner asked what were the results of the 20week scan and i was like, oh i havent picked them up yet, everything should be fine blah blah blah... well wot do you know... they werent. apparently it was picked up that bubby has talipes in left foot and another ultrasound has to be done to check it out. im so devastated! i try to do all the right things while pregnant and i then find out this :( i know so many ppl that dont look after themselves or baby while pregnant and their children are perfect.
i also feel so guilty being so upset about it because there are so many children out there that have far more worse things wrong with them and its selfish to think so negative about something not so bad....maybe its just the first initaial shock.....i am so sad about it :(
im hoping in 3 weeks time when i have another scan done, that maybe bubbies foot was in a weird position....but i dont konw wot my chances are.
sorry for the long post, i also hope i havent offended anyone at all.

tamz

[Opinionated]

Tam, it sounds horrible and scary, but the reality is that these days it is totally correctable. Two of my friends children have had this condition in both feet. My bestie's son had this, it has taken 14 months of therapy, but he is walking fine. By the time your child starts kinder or school, treatment will be finished and nobody will know any different.

Modern treatments are surgery free, but require dedication in rigidly using the devices. Save your pennies for better ones that cost a bit of money that come from the US.

It will work out. This is so much better than you think it is. :hugs:

[Nowhere]

HUGS, its never nice finding out that your perfect baby has a hurdle in to get over so early in life. :hugs:

Talipes these days is corected so wel that you would likely not even know once they are fixed, Some need surgery some dont even need it, They generaly have to where the DB boots with bars or some little ankle foot orthotics.

I know its not nice to find out that something isnt perfect, But please know that its not something that wil efect buby for ever KWIM

As for people that dont look after them selfs and have a perfectly healthy baby yerp I know how you feel it sucks BUT there aint a dam thing you can do about that so dont wory abou them idiots wory about your self.

HUGS

[c38]

:hugs::hugs::hugs:
I can imagine it's a shock, so of course you are upset. Don't feel guilty about a normal reaction. You're a Mum now and you only want the best for your little one. This is your baby, and yes, there are much worse things, but when it's YOUR child of course it feels like the worst thing in the world.

Talk to your doctor and find out about the management etc As Opinionated said, treatment these days is excellent.

:hugs::hugs:Be kind to yourself

[Tamzfamily]

thanks guys for your replys :hugs:

i have only told my parents ... and my partner is away atm so i will tell him when he comes back, i havent told any of my mates and i feel like im a little ball of emotions thats going to explode.

i have a very high spirited boy and was a little worried in how i would cope with a newborn, but now finding out something might be wrong is getting me even more worried....i had heaps of problems BF my son when he was a baby but worked at it and BF for 2yrs and that is one main thing i wanted to do with this baby, but i'm scared i wont be able to BF, eg: if the baby is uncomfortable, having surgery etc and scared i wont bond with the baby etc etc. it probably sounds stupid and im looking into this way too much.

maybe i need a :chillpill:

[mim1]

Big :hugs:

My friend had a child with talipes about 18 months ago. He just had to wear special boots, full time initially and eventually just overnight. That's what happens in most cases. Some need surgery, but if they do I think it's after the boots don't work ... therefore probably closer to the age of 1, so it shouldn't affect BFing.

It's really hard to emotionally accept that your bub isn't 100% 'normal' (whatever that is), and I suspect it's harder to find out now when you don't have a bub to cuddle and interact with. I remember having a melt down when I found out my 9mo ds had an ear infection. I knew it meant tubes (grommets) eventually (he got them at 15 months) and recurrent infections (yes, still an issue at 2.5 years). But, it was a total overreaction as although it's not much fun and it did mean surgery (minor) and lots of doctors appointments it's all a blur now and it wasn't actually that bad.

I hope your dp gets back soon so you can discuss it with him and share the load.

All the best!