 | Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate
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A cleft lip is a birth defect that occurs in approximately 1 in 800 live births. Cleft lips are more common in babies of Asian, Latino or Native American descent.
During fetal development, the right and left sides of the lip and palate normally grow together. A cleft lip occurs when a baby is born with a separation in the upper lip, which can extend upwards into the child's nose. A cleft palate occurs when there is a separation in the roof of the mouth, or palate.
A child can have both a cleft lip and a cleft palate. A child that is born with a cleft lip or palate is at an increased risk of chronic ear infections, hearing loss and abnormal speech. Treatment for a cleft lip/palate will include surgery. Most doctors recommend doing the surgery when the child is around 10 weeks old.
An ultrasound or MRI can diagnose the condition prenatally or a doctor will confirm the diagnosis at birth.
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sweetgamom -
12 days ago.
How many weeks can the doc tell if your baby has Cleft-Lip,-Cleft-Palate? My husbands mother has it and I just wanted to know what the chances of my kids getting it?? marriedmommytobe -
31 days ago.
i just found out yesterday at my ulrtasound that im having a baby boy!! my hubby had cleft lip and palate when he was born and we didnt know if our baby would have it and so the dr checked and he doesnt, but does that mean that our next baby could have it or we could have passed it to our baby boy and when he has kids could his have this?? i dont know too much about it. RobinG -
63 days ago.
I care for a little boy who has Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome ~ one of the characteristics is a cleft lip or palate ~ His mom said it was only finally named in the medical field about 10 or so years ago but I found info on it from 1978 so is fairly new in some areas I guess but also effects his heart lungs etc. He's had heart surgery already ~ He has the cleft palate and gets therapy for it and many other things he needs ~ we use sign to communicate since his speech was greatly effected. His therapists are wonderful and he has done SO well. He is almost 4. He is starting to get more words out and I'm so proud of him and happy for his family ~ I thoughts I'd share a link on it since this is what I read on this link " Cleft palate is the fourth most common birth defect affecting approximately one of every 700 live births. VCFS occurs in approximately 5 to 8 percent of children born with a cleft palate. It is estimated that over 130,000 individuals in the United States have this syndrome.http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/velocario.htm
JParker12379 -
66 days ago.
My oldest son Jason was born with cleft lip & palate. My FIL had cleft lip, my husbands cousin had cleft palate. My daughter had the nueral markings for the gene but did not have cleft lip or palate. I imagine that since she knowingly carries the gene the chances of her having a cleft lip/palate baby are increased. Our nephew also showed the nueral marking for the gene, but no signs of cleft lip/palate. I will find out if this baby has cl/cp or the gene for it at 18 weeks.
The statistics from my gentic couseling show 1 in 400 babies in the world have either cl/cp hard or soft tissue. Melanie07 -
88 days ago.
My mom was born with cleft lip. She had five of us. My youngest brother was born with cleft lip. The rest of us didn't have it. I am not sure of the %. Our was 1 in 5. I did find out that taking Claritin during the first 12 weeks increases the chance. I made sure to not take it even longer. I finally had to take it over halfway through my pregnancy to be able to breath. All my brother's and sister have babies without cleft lip. There is a chance but not a great chance. I would just let your doc know. They were able to tell on the class 2 ultrasound if there were any problems. If your baby is born with it, they can fix it pretty good now. You can't even tell my brother had it. seven -
91 days ago.
My friend has family history (her brother) of this condition and her baby came out with no issues at all. Healthy baby boy. They told her that there is a 50% chance he will have it and 50% chance he won't. Just notify your doctor about it so they can check for it. michelle1986 -
100 days ago.
I was born with a Cleft-Palate,an I talk normally but i have hearing loss an bad ear infections that don't really go away my question is is this something i will pass on to my child when we conceive one ?what is the % of this happining? im so scared.