Hi everyone,

I am so glad to have found this forum to find that so many other mothers are feeling the same way as I am. I only found out yesterday that my 3 month old daughter Scarlett has Hip Dysplasia and I can't stop crying!

I have only just started to feel comfortable being a new first time mum and now I feel like everything is going to change. I feel silly bacause I have been told this is totally correctable but I feel like I have been robbed of my happy healthy daughter. SHe is so smiley and content and I worry that she will hate having her harness on (we are having it fitted on Monday).

I just fed her and changed her nappy and couldn't stop thinking about how much more difficult everything is going to be. SHe really loves having a bath and now that is out for a while. She is so animated and happy kicking her legs around on the mat and now she won't be able to. SHe has even just started to start to roll on her side and she will no longer be able to do that. No chance of taking her swimming like I had planned and I just bought a heap of new clothes that she won't be able to wear.

I know once she has the harness on and I start to figure things out I will feel better but right now I feel so sad that I am about to lose something. I know I need to be possitive and my little froggy sill be OK in the long run but it's just hard.

Nicole