My pregnancy with Gabrielle wasn’t “magical” like everyone told me it would be. I actually didn’t even think I could have children. I had a lot of tough days that I didn’t think I was going to get through while pregnant. During my second sonogram the ultrasound technician found that Gabby had a Single Umbilical Artery. That meant we had to see the Perinatalogist monthly and have weekly sonograms done to check her growth and [...]
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The CDC estimates that each year 2,651 babies in the US are born with a cleft palate and 4,437 babies are born with a cleft lip with or without a cleft palate.
Cleft lip or palate is one of the most common birth defects, affecting one in 600 children in the United States. Unless treated surgically, cleft palate can interfere with feeding, speech development and hearing.
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When I first found out I was pregnant AGAIN I was immediately stressed out. At the time my daughter was only seven, and I had just had a baby boy who, at the time, was only four months old. I wondered how I was going to juggle an extra infant into our family equation when I was already extending myself so much with just the two children I had. It was a lot to take in, but I knew in [...]
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Our son, Patrick Cole Lucas was born less than 6 weeks ago, and has been our blessing and joy since we found out we were pregnant. We found out at the 22 week old ultrasound that he would be born with a cleft lip and palate. Having, had 2 prior typical pregnancies,this news came as quite a shock. However, the doctor let us know that this is the most common birth defect and can be fixed easily by a [...]
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Cleft lip or palate is one of the most common birth defects, affecting one in 500 children in the US. Unless treated cleft palate can interfere with feeding, speech development and hearing.
In a study newly published in the journal Development, investigators at the USC School of Dentistry describe how to non-surgically reverse the onset of cleft palate in fetal mice
