just had ultrasound- need advice- dr in NYC and other stuff

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Hi there,

Thankfully I have found this wonderful support group. I am 22 weeks

pregnant with my first child and on

Friday we had our second ultrasound confirming that our little boy is

going to be born

with bilateral clubfeet. My husband and I are having a difficult time

accepting this

diagnosis and we are still keeping hope that he will be born with

normal feet. I know that

is not realistic and I know that it is a very correctible problem. I

guess I am just going

through my sadness and anger stage. I am experiencing a lot of guilt

wondering if this is

something I did or didn't do. I can' t find any answers. My husband

and I are extremely

athletic and I am very scared that our little boy won't be able to

participate in sports. I

don't know the severity of his clubfeet- when we asked the ultrasound

dr. he said they

looked pretty turned in. He also said he hasn't seen clubfoot for two

years. Is it possible to

tell severity in the ultrasound?

We were first told our baby may have clubfoot about two weeks ago and

in that time I have

done a fair amount of research which has brought me to this group and

the Ponsetti

Method. I

am excited hearing the success stories and I am scared about what

lies ahead. I emailed

Dr. Ponsetti and he sent me back the names of four doctors in my

area. I would love to

hear any input or experience any of you may have had with these docs.

I have read many

accounts here of Ponsetti doctors who have tweaked the method a

little here and there,

leading to unfavourable results. This worries me tremendously and I

am wondering if we

are better off going to Iowa and seeing Dr. Ponsetti himself. I live

in NYC and the names

that Dr. P. gave me are: Dr. Scher, Dr. Wallace Lehman, Dr.

Harold Van Bosse and Dr.

Feldman. I am due July 4th- when would be a good time to start

contacting these

physicians and what are some questions we should be asking them?

I have a million more questions- I will start here though.

Thank you so much for all your great help.

Tara