i havent had a chance to read all the replies, but we had the same thing.. dd had an extra crease in her right leg. the MCHN suggested we take her to the GP, the GP wanted an xray, because he was worried that the MCHN was concerned about it. we had the xray done, and results sent to a paed.. who looked at the xray and sais there was nothing at all to be worried about, and bulk billed my consultation (which was $150!)
im not saying its nothing, but i was so stressed out about it, thanks to all these docs, and everything was fine in the end!
Its good to hear that some babies do just have an extra skin fold. I know that Jack's hips don't dislocate when being rotated so I'm trying to stay positive that it is nothing.
Thanks for your replies.
GP sent us for an ultrasound just to be sure as her left hip was harder to rotate but wasn't dislocating which was good sign and they were uneven.
So ultrasound showed that its not dislocating but the coverage of the socket over the ball was borderline, the technician consulted with Dr there and it came back just over on the good side of the borderline and apparantly can only improve not worsen with time, so thats a relief. $202 later!
Good to hear you got some good news! I would also second seeing a chiro.
I had one leg longer than the other for well... we don't know how long but at 12 I was seeing an orthopedic surgeon for scholiosis (curve of the spine) as well as knee problems (was told I would need double knee replacememt by 21) Saw a chiro at 14 before they looked at putting a brace on my spine to find the problem actually located in my pelvis. Within 4-6 wks my knees felt 100% and at my next orth appoint surprise surprise the curve was reversing.
I go about every 3 month to have my pelvis realigned as it was out for so long the muscles are sort of stuck that way. Both my kids go to chiro every 6mths or so just to have a check over so something like this doesn't happen to them. You never know it might help the problem a little
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