I was born with Gastroschisis

Hello, I thought i would join this website as i wondered if there were other people registered on here with the condition……. I was reading some of the other posts saying how people have found out in advance about their baby having the condition and how worried they are about how they will live a normal life or the size they will grow to.

I am just letting people know there is nothing to worry about as i was born with no warning to my parents that i had gastroschisis, as technology wasnt quite as good in 1983/1984 as it is now and the doctors assumed that i was a just a boy not that i had any medical condition. I was born 3 months prem and weighed 5lbs droping to 1.5lbs after one week. Not to worry though as this is sometimes normal.

I spent 3.5 months in hospital and had an amzing surgeon he pionnerd the surgery that they use today with babies that are born with the condition. I have lived a normal life i am happy and healthy i am now 5ft 9inc and weigh a normal weight and have never had anything hold me back. My parents decided for me not to have plastic surgery to cover my scars and decided it was my desicion. I chose not to have the op and think that my scars are part of me and who i am.

I hope i haven`t bored you and hope that i have settled any fears over small babies and people not leading a normal life when you are born with gastorschisis.

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