Hi All,

I am new to this forum and signed up especially to say thank you to everyone for sharing your stories. My baby girl was breech and as a result has hip dysplasia in the left hip.

We were advised to have a 'routine' ultrasound of her hips at 6 weeks (which is when the dysplasia was found) and the same day this was performed, not more than 3 hours later our baby girl had a pavlik harness fitted. I was an emotional mess for 48 hours after it was fitted and when I finally composed myself and researched the harness and condition, I came across this forum. Reading your stories and feeling your strength through your posts, I felt much calmer about my baby's situation and I guess it was a 'relief' to know we were not the only parents going through this and my feelings were normal.

Our precious baby is 8 weeks old in two days and we've had the harness on for 2 weeks tomorrow (yes, I'm counting down the days!!). We're not sure how long she will need to wear the harness (24 hours, 7 days a week), other than being advised the average length of time babies wear the harness is 12 weeks.

All the best to everyone, Natalie