Re: Its a boy!! -- unilateral or bilateral clubfoot?

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the birth of your baby Larry.

The baby will probably get some x-rays to find out if it is a true

clubfoot or not. The deffect might be just positional in which case

the treatment will be easy (the positional clubfoot stretches out

almost by itself).

I have never posted photos here but I guess if you go to the photos

link on the left hand side of this page there will be a way to upload

them. Front side, lateral, bottom and back of the foot will tell

weather the foot has deep creases and other things but the degree of

stiffness, dorsiflexion or if its positional only the doctor could

tell.

Good luck

andra

>

> My wife gave birth to a 7 lb, 12 ounce little boy last week

and

> as expected the baby has clubfoot. (The ultrasounds previously

showed

> definitely one, and possibly two clubfeet.) Otherwise, the baby

> appears to be doing fine. The baby clearly has one clubfoot, the

> sight of which did not freak us out as much as we would have

thought.

> Perhaps, we got used to the thought, or perhaps it is not a severe

> case. I guess we will find out how severe when we see the doctor

> later this week. The other foot does not appear to be a

clubfoot.

> However, it does not appear to be a 100% either. The big toe seems

to

> be a bit longer, and projects outward a bit. Could this be a very

> mild club foot or a metatarsal adductus or something else? Is

there

> somewhere I could post or email photos and have some of the other

> members take a look at and give me feedback? If so, what are the

best

> photo angles to take? Thanks Larry.

>

[Guest guest]

Larry,

The photos section on this group is usually pretty

full. To get more feedback you can post photos by

joining the CFPics group here:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFPics/

That group accepts attachments so you can put your

pictures right into the email. There is a small

survey to complete to become a member, look for it in

your email inbox on the address you sign up with.

Once you complete that and send it back you can be

approved for membership. We do try to keep the photos

section there for " educational " purposes but the

attachment feature lets everyone share pictures (feet

AND faces!). We'd love to have you share pics of your

little one and hopefully we can give you at least our

thoughts on the questionable foot. Of course I'm

sure your doctor will be able to diagnose best -- who

did you decide to go to? It is difficult to take

pictures of newborns feet that are meaningful, but I

would try to get some with a top view, bottom view,

and back view. Congratulations on the birth of your

son!

--- hersh222 wrote:

> My wife gave birth to a 7 lb, 12 ounce little

> boy last week and

> as expected the baby has clubfoot. (The ultrasounds

> previously showed

> definitely one, and possibly two clubfeet.)

> Otherwise, the baby

> appears to be doing fine. The baby clearly has one

> clubfoot, the

> sight of which did not freak us out as much as we

> would have thought.

> Perhaps, we got used to the thought, or perhaps it

> is not a severe

> case. I guess we will find out how severe when we

> see the doctor

> later this week. The other foot does not appear to

> be a clubfoot.

> However, it does not appear to be a 100% either.

> The big toe seems to

> be a bit longer, and projects outward a bit. Could

> this be a very

> mild club foot or a metatarsal adductus or something

> else? Is there

> somewhere I could post or email photos and have some

> of the other

> members take a look at and give me feedback? If so,

> what are the best

> photo angles to take? Thanks Larry.

>

>

>

>

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