On the first day after Olivia was born the pediatrician noticed that one of Olivia's hips was dislocated and he said that was normal for a breech baby and we would look at it closer at the 6 week appointment. The following day he said he was a little concerned and had her get an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed that both of her hips were dislocated so our pediatrician referred us to a pediatric orthopedic surgeon in
Salt Lake City. All the local doctors recommended that we go to a specialist.
So we went to Primary Children's Hospital and had her get another ultrasound and had the orthopedic doctor look at her. There are 4 risk factors for dislocated hips in newborns and Olivia meets all 4. Risk 1: Females are at a higher risk for dislocated hips because they are affected by the hormone relaxin that mom is releasing in addition to the hormones their body is making. Risk 2: Breech position. The breech position is working against the bone slipping into the socket. Risk 3: First born. The uterus is the tightest with the first born so there isn't much room for the baby. Risk 4: Someone in the family has had a problem. My little sister Kanika had a dislocated hip but it wasn't as serious. My parents just double diapered her and a few months later she was fine.
Olivia has to wear a harness that holds her legs into a frog position so that they can hopefully slip back into the socket. One hip is completely dislocated and the other hip is partially dislocated. The doctor recommended she wear it basically for 24 hours and to give her a sponge bath only. This also spoils my plans of wearing cloth diapers for the time being.
Olivia has to go back in 2 weeks to see if she is making progress and in 1 month she will get another ultrasound. If this doesn't work we will try again at the age of 5 months and if that still doesn't work she might have to have minor surgery and have her hip manually put back and put in a cast.
I am praying that the harness will work for her. Even though she isn't in any pain it still breaks my heart to see her in her harness.
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Oh that is too bad. Hopefully it heals on it's own. Our cousins baby had this and if I remember right it fixed itself with the harmess. We'll pray for the best.
Sweet little thing! We'll be praying for her!!
Hang in there! We'll be thinking of you all and keeping you in our prayers. Hopefully this next month will fly by.
That is so sad I hope everything works out for her. I tagged you look at my blog for info, but it will not hurt my feelings if you don't do it since you obviously have more important things to worry about!
Olivia sure makes a cute little frog! I'm glad she is not in pain and that she has good doctors. I can't get over how beautiful she is.
Maybe it's a good thing you can't do cloth diapers right away. I heard the first couple poos can really stain! ;) Hang in there momma. I'm so happy she is finally here!
oohhhh! Poor thing, pain or no-pain, it's always hard to see babees in any kind discomfort. We'll be thinking of her! She is such a cutie Sandy!!!
She will be in our prayers!!
I hope her little body does all the work it needs to and everything turns out wonderfully!!
She is such a sweet little girl! It is nice that we have this modern stuff to take care of her! We will be praying for her too! I hope you are getting a little sleep at night and adjusting well!
Also, we decided not to come up to the game tonight because we couldn't get a babysitter for Kate (it would be about a 10 hour ordeal!) and we didn't want to take her because it is more hassle then it is worth--and that doesn't even cover driving right during rush hour! I hope we will get to see you guys soon
I hope that everything goes well! I hear the harness works well. My friends baby had the same thing and the harness worked. Poor little Olivia, Keep us posted on how she is doing!
she is gorgeous! that is crazy about her hips, but pretty cute considering. i hope things go well and you guys are doing good. she is beautiful.
I hope that all goes well. She sure is beautiful! Keep us posted!
That picture is precious, even though the harness does tear at the pregnant heartstrings! I hope the harness works. Babies are resiliant. I'll be keeping you guys in my prayers.
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