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The results are in....

They're ID!!!!! 

 

So now I wonder about Cooper's cleft.  Since Cleft Lip/Palate is considered multi-factoral (could be genetic OR environmental) does that mean it was an environmental cause?

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Re: The results are in....

  • Finally! And I knew it! ;)
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  • I know nothing about cleft lip/palate but I always thought they looked ID!!
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  • OH ANDDDDDD...they weren't di-di  like I was told at 13 weeks, they were mo-di.
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  • Yeah!  I knew it!

    That is interesting about the cleft.  I wonder how one got it and not the other!


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    OH ANDDDDDD...they weren't di-di  like I was told at 13 weeks, they were mo-di.

    Strange! (And scary how often people in the medical world screw that up.)

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  • I knew it!  They sure are cute.

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  • duhhhhhhhhhhh!

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  • as i was opening this post, i was thinking ID!!!!

    such cute little guys :)

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  • Congrats on finding out! 
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  • imageNicoleeBonsai:

    as i was opening this post, i was thinking ID!!!!

    such cute little guys :)

    Ditto all of this! Yay for finding out!!
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  • Yay, I knew it!  So whatshisname came through for you finally!  You sent him an edible arrangement, didn't you....Wink
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  • great news!
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  • GO ID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes
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  • So glad that you were finally able to find out, but it stinks that you had to pay for DNA test, rather than having the correct info during your pregnancy.

    One thing that I remember learning about palate formation in one of my embryonic/neonatal pathophysiology classes from grad school was that the palate forms around the 8th week of gestation and the lip a little later than that.  Typically if it was a genetic condition it is usually associated with other factors that are as a result of a "syndrome".  In your LO's case I would assume that it was just a "fluke" that when the cells divided/ structures were forming that it did not come together properly as would be a similar case for a neural tube defect.  I believe there is another bumpie on this board who has ID's triplets and one of the little girls had spinal bifida (I remember reading in a blog) and the other two were not affected. 

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  • I knew it!  They're super cute!
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  • Congrats!!  I have been wondering when the results were coming!  Our boys arent identical (pretty sure), but we had Carson genetically tested and they said his was a fluke not genetic.


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  • My sister's cleft palate and cleft lip were a fluke but we both had them look over our babies during u/s and after birth.  They look very much identical!
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    So glad that you were finally able to find out, but it stinks that you had to pay for DNA test, rather than having the correct info during your pregnancy.

    One thing that I remember learning about palate formation in one of my embryonic/neonatal pathophysiology classes from grad school was that the palate forms around the 8th week of gestation and the lip a little later than that.  Typically if it was a genetic condition it is usually associated with other factors that are as a result of a "syndrome".  In your LO's case I would assume that it was just a "fluke" that when the cells divided/ structures were forming that it did not come together properly as would be a similar case for a neural tube defect.  I believe there is another bumpie on this board who has ID's triplets and one of the little girls had spinal bifida (I remember reading in a blog) and the other two were not affected. 

    Hey, that's me!

    Based on your sig picture, they sure do look ID to me.  We are in the same boat.  The doctors can't fully explain why only Anna has spina bifida - there was probably an underlying genetic condition (neural tube defect) that was triggered by not enough folic acid being distributed.  My MFM did tell me that he sees a lot of birth defects (I hate using that word) with IDs because of the cells dividing. 

    I have done some research and interestingly enough, there are a lot of ID twins out there and only 1 will have spina bifida.  Sometimes they both have it.

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    duhhhhhhhhhhh!

    ;)

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  • imageNicoleeBonsai:

    as i was opening this post, i was thinking ID!!!!

    such cute little guys :)

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