But I was born In Iowa in 1972 and I was born with this defect. I was only a 3 pound baby and that was along with all the IV’s and all the surgical garb. I had quite a few surgery’s when I was a baby and I also have my battlescar on my belly!
I had no problems until just lately I started having servere stomach pains and I noticed that my belly felt like I had a ton of gas and the dr had me go get a ct scan and found out I had a incarsarated hernia and an upper intestine blockage! Stemming from my birth defect! I had this done last year!
Yikes now it can get scary with this kind of birth defect since Dr’s don’t know what they are going to get into until they cut me open! And with all the scar tissue and not knowing if all the body parts are in the right area, very nerve wrecking!
Luckly my Dr’s at the Universary of Iowa Hospitals did such a wonderful job on me when i was a baby all my stuff is in the places or there about! When I was a baby they put a mesh in me that the dr built up my stomach walls and I remember that when I was little I was preached about not getting hit in the belly area or I would Die! I had no stomache muscles to protect my inners.
Well I hope I helped a little I am now 35 years old and doing well! I am married to a wonderful man who dosen’t mind the scar at all and loves me for who I am ! 
Danyel
P.S. If anyone has this birth defect please email me maybe we can chat! I would love to meet sum people that I can relate to with this Birth Defect!
coolhippychic@aol.com
Let me know it’s about this subject or it may end up in trash! TY
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