My story;
hi, my names Shelby and i was born jan 28, of 1990 with gastroschisis.
Growing up i never really had physical problems with my scar. I was a cheerleader and i played competitive fastpitch softball, sliding and all my scar never hurt or tore, When i was 14 and 16 i had re-constructive surgery on my scar [...]
May 20, 2009
· 
shelbymarie. · 
3 Comments
Tags: baby, cheerleader, child, fastpitch, inch, jan, life, middle, Scar, Shelby, softball, stomach, story, surgery · Posted in: Growing Up
stressed out!
My 14 yr old daughter was born with gastroschisis 2 mths early through emergency c section. She came home after 5 wks and was doing great.After time she had trouble with constipation and had to take lactulos to soften her stools. When she was five her school friends noticed she had a scar and started [...]
May 9, 2009
· paulaholland · One Comment
Tags: baby, constipation, daughter, emergency, home, Lauren, photo, Scar, school, section, stomach, surgery, teacher, time, trouble · Posted in: Birth Stories
Gastroschisis Baby
Hi, hopefully this will give hope and a positive outlook to anyone who is expecting a baby with Gastroschisis.
When my husband and I where told we where expecting a baby with Gastroschisis (2008), our world fell apart. We thought we where going to have a child with a permanent illness, who would not be able [...]
January 10, 2009
· Aleisha · No Comments
Tags: baby, birth, bowel, breast, child, condition, daughter, Don, gastroschisis, hospital, operation, stomach, tube · Posted in: Birth Stories
20 weeks in the nicu
Found out our daughter had gastro at 18 weeks. She was born at 36 weeks 6pds 3 oz. We found out 1 month before she was born that our local pediatric surgeon was not taking new patients. We had to get our baby at birth or immediatley after to Unc which was 3 hours away.  Fortunately [...]
September 16, 2008
· keiras mom · 3 Comments
Tags: baby, home, intestinal, milk, mouth, NICU, ripogal, stomach, surgery, throat, tube, Unc · Posted in: Birth Stories
11 long weeks, but we are home
I’m typing this as my 13 week old daughter naps beside me. I found out at my 21 week scan that my baby had a gastroschsis. I am Irish and my husband is Scottish, but we both live in Toronto, Canada. Before the delivery, we met with a high risk obstetrician, a neonatal specialist and [...]
September 10, 2008
· catherine47 · 4 Comments
Tags: baby, blockage, bowel, Canada, contrast, Iona, Ireland, Kids, morning, NICU, obstetrician, risk, Scotland, Sick, stomach, study, surgery, time, Toronto, week · Posted in: Birth Stories, Growing Up