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if you have a baby girl, i need to ask a huge favor. I have a burning question and i cannot even type it. I need to ask a question that I cannot even post. I am not a crazy but i need to ask and if you could trust me with your phone number please email it to me at rlmjjc@yahoo dot com or you can send it too me in my messages of DS. I do want to have a couple of different opinions. I promise this is legit I am a concerned mother that posts here from time to time.
Thank you so much. Posted on 10/27/09, 02:10 pm |
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or, I can give you mine and you can call me and block your # with *67 before you dial, if that would be better. 
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Well the answer is...they are looking for a labial adhesion. Which is something I had never heard of before and I am not a new mother, probably just a more observant one. I have even read the parenting books that typically every new mommy gets nowaday when they are expecting. Guess I missed that part. Anyway, I am not going to take my baby for another well baby checkup for now. I could change my mind but I think we need to quit taking our babies around so much. Also, we are over vaccinating and there is solid proof but no one will admit it. I am taking a stand against the way we do our babies with the medical community. I decide what is best for my baby & become more informed. My baby is not mass production & neither is yours. Mass production is destroying our world.
I did a search on this site of labial adhesion that was so tragic, IMO. I was so glad that mother wrote that! Thanks to the gal who helped me to not think I was off my rocker. I'd love to hear views, or someone tell me I'm nuts.
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My daughter had a labial adhesion...The first doc we took her to pulled it apart himself which caused her to be fussy for several days, she couldnt hardly sit up straight b/c putting pressure on the healing tissue hurt too bad, and it bled for 1 day...
I wouldnt recommend forcing it apart... The adhesion is caused by a decrease in estrogen. When babies are born they have the estrogen you produced in their body, after time the estrogen starts to leave their body and they create their own...But it isnt nearly as much as you have created being prego, therefore there is a decrease and it causes those skin flaps to adhere. There are 3 different routes you can take. 1. Force it apart (I dont recommend this) 2. Doc can prescribe Premarin, an estrogen cream you apply to the adhesion once daily until it is apart. 3. Leave it alone. Unless its causing a UTI or other infection I would recommend to leave it alone...Once your daughter hits puberty the adhesion will resolve itself. Once your daughter hits puberty she will have a surge in estrogen and it will allow those skin flaps to come apart naturally. We do have premarin for our daughter, but the adhesion is not bothering her, and it is not causing an infection so we are leaving it as it is for now. Good luck and if you need any other advice you can send me a message...
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I have to add, this can also happen in boys...
Their foreskin can adhere causing the foreskin to cover the entire penis with no opening... Not sure on how to fix this, I have not dealt with this yet, but if I do I will keep everyone updated...Should know if about 4 months lol...
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Hi. I think yours was the one I read last night. Wrote on May of this year.
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My daughter didn't have this though. See what I was upset about was the Dr. checking for it and I was too ashamed to say it outloud. All this was distressing. I didn't know what he was looking for but it bothered me. Another girl told me she felt the same way. I am not embarrassed about talking about it now. I now, I weird. I didn't know how to go about asking without sounding obsessed because I AM obsessed about keeping my daughters safe!
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A Dr. should inform a mother or caretaker of this and let us do the checking.
I change my baby in private to give her privacy. I nurse her in another room. I change her diapers. We must practice more modesty!
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I 110% understand how paranoid one can be about keeping thier daughter safe!!!
Everyday you hear something horrible on the news and it is always someone close to the family... They say I would have never thought...It is very nerve wracking and here recently there was a doc near us who got his license taken away b/c he was molesting girls... If someone doesnt se right with me I am not shy to take my daughter out of that situation... We no longer take our daughter to the doc who pulled her adhesion apart. He did not inform us what he was doing, or any alternative treatments! I refuse to take my daughter to a doc who is so narrow minded he wouldnt even think about giving us an option! If you are unsure about something or someone speak up!!!! I should have and maybe that doc wouldnt have done that! I took it to heart when I found out about an alternative treatment! I am quick to ask questions... With her new doc we dont have to worry, he will give us LOADS of info before doing anything! He talks us thru everything hes doing, and he can even get my husband to understand whats going on with our daughter! Hes a man and most of the time girly things make no sense to him, but our new doc will take the time to explain it in a way he will understand! If you do not like the way your doc is switch! Dont feel bad for it either! Good luck!
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I am glad your daughter did not have the labial adhesions, but sorry the exam caused you so much anxiety. Before you swear off the medical community, ask yourself if there is something about your daughter's pediatrician that is unsettling? Doctors need to check a number of different things, including genital areas, but if something about this doctor isn't sitting right with you, I would consider changing docs. If you don't trust him/her, you are not going to be able to rely on his/her medical advice.
If you are concerned with vaccinations, there are a number of different books that go over each vaccine as well as the diseases they protect against in great detail. I know one of the Sears books discusses the ingredients of each vaccine (highlighting any controversial components in each) as well as the prevalence of each vaccine. You could also think about staggering the vaccination schedule. As for swearing off well-child visits, I would be cautious... they check for so many different things that you don't even realize they are looking at... developmental disorders as well as physical and medical issues. Perhaps you need to find a doctor who approaches medicine with a philosophy more similar to yours. Just a thought.
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You are right.
I want to learn as much as possible about vaccines. I won't 'sware off' the medical community, I am even in school to join it. I am always trying to find ways of an alternatate way of living. I do believe a dr. and vaccines are good. i don't trust the companies that make them and that the Dr.s are buying things from inferior companies with inferior workers that are hurting our children!Maybe more to come. I guess this is my soap box of the day:)
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