Just joined this group...

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Hello Everyone!

I just joined this group on the recommendation from the other yahoo

website for clubfeet and I'm really glad I did.

My husband and I did not know our son Cam had clubfoot (right) until

after he was born. I had him by c-section and he sucked in some

amniotic fluid on the way out and had some problems breathing at

first. After the worst of the breathing problems were over my

husband told me he had a right clubfoot. I had heard of this

condition before, but never imagined that my baby would have this.

There are no known cases in any part of mine or my husband's family,

but people are good at keeping secrets so it's possible that someone

just never talked about it. In the beginning I was devistated and

thought I had done something wrong in my pregnancy to make this

happen. I can't say I'm totally over it yet, but I'm starting to be

able to accept that it wasn't the case. I think this ordeal has

been one of the most emotionally trying times of my life. I never

expected anything to be wrong since I had so many ultrasounds

throughout my pregnancy. I sometimes wish I had known before he was

born and that way we would have had everything researched, and

sorted out and I wouldn't have been such an emotional wreck. I was

so unprepared when we first met our Dr. and he said that the course

of treatment is 3 years long. I cried for 2 days wondering how my

little boy was going to get through this, and selfishly, how I was

going to get through this. Cam is having his 3rd cast put on

tomorrow and only now am I starting to be less tense about it. He

doesn't understand what's happening to him and it crushes me

everytime the Dr. manipulates his foot before the cast goes on. I

know he'll never remember this part of the treatment, but he's only

3 1/2 weeks old and so little.

I'm sorry this is so long, but I really needed to get this out. I

feel so much better knowing that all of you have been through

similar experiences and that I'm not alone.

I look forward to meeting you all, and thanks for reading my story.

It just feels good to get it out.

Sincerely,

Jen

Cameron 10/14/05 right CF 3rd cast out of 12 tomorrow