DD has a very small to no vagina opening.

[amy_o]

I have been sort of keeping this to myself but I think I need the BB ladies to help me out!!

On her 6mth check the GP noted that DD's vagainal opening was very very small. We have been refered to a pediatrition and see them on the 29th. I have 2 main concerns. Firstly what if she is missing other reproductive organs? That would break my heart. Not for me but for her. The second one is because the whole area is small and under developed she is getting UTI's. She now has her second poor baby .

I do all I can keeping her clean and dry.

Oh and since the GP found it I did get a second and third opinion!! LOL one even commented that it was the smallest vagina they had seen in 20yrs. mmmm

I guess I am not really looking for answers just some reasurance. I will see what the ped says and then start my reserch from there I think. Maybe I should start now.... I am just worried.

[Olive]

im not sure hun but thought id offer you a big hug dont get stressed til you get to chat with the paed!!

[~Trish~]

Poor Bethany , I don't have any answers either, but just wanted to say I think you should wait to speak to your paediatrician before doing any research .

If you research on the net you'll only find worst-case scenarios which will only stress you out unnecessarily. No one ever posts/writes about things being normal and fine on the net LOL! Which is why you only read the bad stuff IYKWIM.

I know it's hard not to worry when it's your own precious child .

[squidipa]

im sorry im no help too but i do think please try to not over think about this. As easy as that is for me to to say. Wait till you see a pead. It was when my son was born i noticed his winkie was crooked and i worried and worried and worried. He did see the pead and very soon now he will be having an operation and it will be as good as new we hope . I just wanted to say ive been there in that very worried not knowing state and just wanting answers. Be strong and try to keep calm as hard as it is and SLEEP i say that as i just worried all the time. I found bb members a great support.

Try not to do your own investigation work google dr is not much help

[feeb]

Hugs hun try not to stress till you see pead and please Google is not your friend for this sort of thing.

Good luck

[Mildez]

My 9yr old has no opening at the moment. You can see where it should be but its not opened yet. I was told she has a complete hymen and that it should open by puberty and if not its a small procedure to open it (at the age its more for AF to come out without discomfort then anything else) I expected it to open by now but it hasn't. I thought it was normal (which it is but not common) but the paed pointed it out when doing a complete assessment for another reason when she was extremely unwell.

As a theatre nurse I have seen several young ladies around 15 have the hymen opened takes seconds to do it so if your daughter has a small opening she should avoid anything like that as the ones I have seen in theatre have being completely closed. It doesn't affect the other parts of the reproductive systems and there still there and work normally.

Also as a midwife women have all different shaped labia's, vagina's etc. Some tiny to look at and others not so small. Even if she has a very small vagina and external female genitalia I am sure it will all function the way it is designed to. If I had to choose I think I would want a small one all neatly tucked away.

I would take her to the paed like you said you were going to and I am sure they could determine that she is fine down below or if its neccessary to have an ultrasound or followup when she gets older. If everything is there just small (urethra, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris etc) I am she is fine. If the parts were missing then their perhaps would be more of a concern.

If she is tiny down below the urethra is probably very short to the bladder so she is at greater risk of developing infections. Hope your baby girl is ok and you can prevent her from getting UTI's. Poor bubba.