Congenital Hip Dysplasia

melleasndrs · January 2015

I normally don't start my own threads but I'm getting almost nothing on Dr Google.

When I was born my right leg turned in at the hip. The doctors thought it was my foot and even had me in special shoes until realizing the problem came from the whole leg. They had suggested surgery when I turned 9 to break my leg and reset it in place, which my mother declined. She put me in ballet and gymnastics as alternatives and it helped like a charm! I've always had back/hip pains throughout the years and can feel the leg doesn't quite match the length of my other. However, now that I'm pregnant I feel the discomfort ten fold.

Does anyone here have any experience or insight with this and being pregnant/labor and delivery? I do see my Dr today and will be bringing it up to get more answers.

cinnamonlatte · January 2015

I don't have any personal experience. Maybe look into seeing a chiropractor, one that specializes in pregnancy.

MizzouChick76 · January 2015

I had the surgery for congenital hip dysplasia when I was two. I was worried about pain early on in pregnancy, like in the first trimester I had horrible hip pain that would randomly make me almost immobile for a few seconds. I called my doctor but ended up talking to the nurse who freaked me out by saying I was probably going to be high risk and that I would most likely need a C-Section when it came time.

I started to panic about it because I did not want a C-Section. So my next appointment I mentioned it to my doctor and she said that it had nothing to do with the delivery and that the pain was just part of pregnancy and the pelvic area stretching. She did say the pain might be worse for me than for a normal pregnancy but congenital hip dysplasia shouldn't really have any effect on the actual delivery or pregnancy, at least as far as the baby's safety is concerned.

I did have like a whole week of keeping a heating pad on my hip because of the pain but it did go away eventually after about a week and a half. I still have a little pain after walking for more than like 5 minutes but it's nowhere near what it was during that one week.

But I did have the surgery, and you said you did not so I imagine the pain might be worse. That is as much help as I can be I guess.

homegrown2 · January 2015

I had congenital hip dysplasia when I was born and wore a brace for a year to correct it. No ill effects I can speak of and I didn't have any issues with the birth of my previous child.

melleasndrs · January 2015

Thanks ladies for the responses. It's been on my mind a lot as the pain gets worse.

chelc32188 · January 2015

I wore braces from my hips down for quite a while growing up, but I can't remember for the life of me what I was officially diagnosed with. This is my first pregnancy, but I do find that I've had more hip pain the closer we get. I didn't even think about that connection until your thread!

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