Cleft Lip / Palate Support Group

Cleft is a congenital deformity caused by a failure in facial development during gestation. It can be treated with surgery shortly after birth with highly successful results. Cleft occurs in somewhere between one in 600 and one in 800 births. Cleft occurs in several severities and is divided in two major categories: cleft lip and cleft palate.

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Our First Surgery

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We were sent an angel from god in March. Our son was born with cleft lip and palate. We have our first surgery of many on July 10th. Then they are repairing both sides of the lip, nose, gum, and ear tubes. We are so nervous yet excited. If anyone can let us know, if you have had this done with your child or you, please feel us in. Thank you.
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Our daughter has had several surgies from bilateral lip and palate. She is 18 yrs now and doing wounderful. She does have to wear bilateral hearing aids due to conductive hearing loss due to numerous ear infections. But she hides them well.
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HI!!!
I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate!! It was allways harder on my family than it was on me!! I only lack one surgery and even though ive been through all of the pain and surgerys...i still think its worth every bit of it!! i did get some minor infections but nothing major! and it didnt leave any permant damage!! I jsut thank god that my parrents wanted me to be overly involved!!
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My son was born with a cleft lip & palate nearly 16 yrs ago, he has had 3 lots of operations and has came through it not too badly..I dont think he is too happy about having been born with this, i think he feels a wee bit embarrased about it, however he didnt get treated any differently by myself and my x..
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I can send you a picture...
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