Gastroschisis

My husband and I had a beautiful baby girl born on November 9, 2007 with gastroschisis. It was a long hard journey, but she is now home with us after 52 days in Chidlren’s hospital. This was a very difficult time and we had good days and bad days. One thing that was really hard for me was that someone else was constantly taking care of my baby and making important descisions in her life. It was very hard to leave her and go home at night.

She came home on December 31st and is doing great! She’s eating well and going to the bathroom regualrly. She does have a lot of gas and grunts very often, but otherwise she’s a very happy healthy baby! A miracle child! And we love her lots!

I have read the stories about people in their 20’s that have survived this condition and since I have a daughter that has this condition I would like to know if there have been any women who have had gastroschisis and then grown up and had a baby of their own. If so please let me know how that went for you. I know my daughter is still very young, but of course I want her to be able to have children of her own someday.

I also want to encourgae all those moms out there who are wondering “what did I do to cause this”….no one really knows…so stop blaming yourself.  I know in our situation I was 26 years old (not that young) and I have never used drugs and I did not take any over the counter medications when I was pregnant or before I knew I was pregnant, and I don’t smoke nor am I around smokers while they are smoking on a regualr basis. No one really knows what causes this condition. Sometimes bad things just happen, so please don’t waste time blaming yourself.