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Halley,

While I have no idea what the sacral dimple is, I can offer you some moral

support. My son was born in August and our ortho noted a simian crease (a

line that goes straight across his palm) on his right hand. I too have this

line. The ortho said that it was probably fine, but could be a marker for

genetic disorders. (one week postpartum and all that registered was marker

for genetic disorders). So I went on the internet and cried for days, as

only 1 percent of the population has this line on both hands (which we

quickly realized my son has the line on both) with no genetic disorder. My

husband made me promise I would stop going on the internet. I respected

that, however that was how I became so far behind the eight ball regarding

his club foot treatment. We had genetic testing done and Logan is fine.

What we are now finding out is both my brothers have the line, as do many

family members on my father's side. No one had ever told any of us this

line was of any significance. My point to all this is while everyone will

tell you not to worry, you will anyways. The pediatrician and my OB both

stated that the crease is hereditary and were upset that the ortho had me so

worried. And when your postpartum hormones are kicking it doesn't help.

Get whatever testing can be done as soon as you can so you can have piece of

mind. I know what you are going through and hope things work out for your

daughter.

sacral dimple question

Hello,

Our daughter, Keira, was born on Dec 4 with a right clubfoot. Like my mom

and my 16-month old son, she has a sacral dimple (a dimple just above her

anus). The pediatrician in the hospital as well as our family doctor who

checked her basically just said to keep it clean and of course they check

that it has an ending and is not open.

Our orthopedic doctor who began treating her clubfoot last week said that he

wants to do an MRI at some point (like when she is 2). Now I am worried

about things like tethered spinal cords after looking on the internet. I am

going to ask him why not just do an ultrasound or MRI now rather than wait

and also, why nothing has ever been made of my son having it (who is doing

great) and why the pediatrician didn't also suggest this. The dimple is

right in her intergluteal crease and I've read that this is quite common and

that when they are in the crease they usually don't suggest anything

problematic. Does anyone know anything about this?

Also, we had a very detailed ultrasound by a perinatologist at 20 weeks and

they didn't see any problems with her spine or anything.

I remember some posts quite a while ago about sacral dimples and didn't

really focus on them too much.

Do any of your babies/children have these and did they suggest an MRI or

ultrasound?

Sorry, I know I am a worrier. My husband thinks he ought to take the

internet away! I am just praying that everything else, besides her little

clubfoot, is normal.

Thanks,

Halley

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Kelsey's first ortho did an ultrasound of her lumbar spine because of her

dimple but he found nothing. He did it as a precaution since clubfoot can be

associated with spina bifida and he just wanted to make sure there was no

problem. He also did an ultrasound of her hips to eliminate hip dysplasia as a

concern as well.

Jenni

wrote: Hi Halley,

There was a discussion about this a while ago and it

seems that a lot of babies have that dimple (including

my two) and I don't know of anyone where a problem was

found with it so I wouldn't worry... :)

None of our doctors (peds in NICU, GP, clubfoot docs)

even mentioned it (and they can't have missed it) and

they certainly didn't do any tests regarding it so I

guess it must be quite common (I never asked them

about it either).

Hope this helps at all,

with (3y)

and Alister (3y, RCF, Ponseti method, UK)

--- Halley Prestage wrote:

> Hello,

>

> Our daughter, Keira, was born on Dec 4 with a right

> clubfoot. Like my mom

> and my 16-month old son, she has a sacral dimple (a

> dimple just above her

> anus). The pediatrician in the hospital as well as

> our family doctor who

> checked her basically just said to keep it clean and

> of course they check

> that it has an ending and is not open.

> Our orthopedic doctor who began treating her

> clubfoot last week said that he

> wants to do an MRI at some point (like when she is

> 2). Now I am worried

> about things like tethered spinal cords after

> looking on the internet. I am

> going to ask him why not just do an ultrasound or

> MRI now rather than wait

> and also, why nothing has ever been made of my son

> having it (who is doing

> great) and why the pediatrician didn't also suggest

> this. The dimple is

> right in her intergluteal crease and I've read that

> this is quite common and

> that when they are in the crease they usually don't

> suggest anything

> problematic. Does anyone know anything about this?

> Also, we had a very detailed ultrasound by a

> perinatologist at 20 weeks and

> they didn't see any problems with her spine or

> anything.

> I remember some posts quite a while ago about sacral

> dimples and didn't

> really focus on them too much.

>

> Do any of your babies/children have these and did

> they suggest an MRI or

> ultrasound?

>

> Sorry, I know I am a worrier. My husband thinks he

> ought to take the

> internet away! I am just praying that everything

> else, besides her little

> clubfoot, is normal.

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Halley

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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