Fused labia in my little girl

[Gigi]

quite a few links come up with you google this (fused labia in baby girls), so it must be more common that i realised.

"Sometimes baby girls are born with their labia minora (inner lips of the vagina) fused together by a thin membrane. This can also occasionally happen following an infection or irritation. The opening of the vagina is sometimes covered over. If you suspect that your daughter has this problem, you should see your doctor to discuss its management."

good on you for monitoring it with medical help. Does it affect her weeing? i hope she's ok, and it's just a little cosmetic thing that will resolve itself, as some other posters mentioned.

[Floweryfields]

I'd be pretty hesitant about using vaseline anywhere on a baby, let along in the vagina area. It's full of yucky petro chemicals! I'd go to the doctor and get a proper cream for it.

[Gigi]

I'd be pretty hesitant about using vaseline anywhere on a baby, let along in the vagina area. It's full of yucky petro chemicals! I'd go to the doctor and get a proper cream for it.

that crossed my mind too, we sought out organic alternatives for nappy rash creams for example, i'd prolly use one of those instead. e.g Simmons paw paw salve (not Lucas). But that would be my personal choice.

Kimmy, i would have freaked out if given that sort of news by a medical person too. You want your bub to be ok, any other news, it's like - la lalalalalalalalal, this can't be happening. When my bub was tiny, if i got any news, or worries about my bub, i had no-one to talk it over with, so having this forum, was my lifeline.

[Smoke Jaguar]

Lansinoh or the Avent version of purified lanolin? I use that now for any application that would otherwise have vaseline recommended for it

[Charlotte91]

I've never heard of it. How would I know if DD does have one??

Although, she had a catheter for a couple days after she was born (she had surgery a few hours after birth and they had to monitor her urinary output), they would have noticed then, right??

[Charlotte91]

I've never heard of it. How would I know if DD does have one??

Although, she had a catheter for a couple days after she was born (she had surgery a few hours after birth and they had to monitor her urinary output), they would have noticed then, right??

[minimatron]

DD3 had it and around 7 months its opened by itself. It looked like a thin membrane over the vagina. I showed my gp and he wasnt concerned by it and said that if it was still there at 12 months he would then talk about what to do. i didnt do anything special for it. I wasnt aware though that it may refuse.

[human bean]

DD's was quite fused at 6 months, and we used the hormone cream for a few months and it is now open. I keep an eye on it as I was told it could refuse, but now that she's walking apparently it's less likely as she's moving alot more in the general area i.e. crawling, walking, falling, climbing etc. The MCHN recommened vaseline once a day too but we never did. We were hesitant about using the cream but hers was quite fused so decided to after weighing up the pros and cons. She did get a very fine covering of blonde hair but it was gone within 2 weeks of stopping the cream.

I can understand why you're freaking out too, I was beside myself at the time. I was lucky enough though that a friend of mine had mentioned it in her daughter a couple of years earlier, so I rang her straight away to calm myself down. I'm so thankful she shared it with me at the time!!