Being pregnant was a peaceful and happy period in my mind, it was like that with Vencel for sure. With Vili this turned out to be a bit different…or did it?
My husband was abroad for a short time due to his work at the time of the 20-week ultrasound examination. He was there at all the examinations before and after this one, but life had other plans for us.
So we went with Vencel just the two of us for this examination, on a nice and happy summer day. I was completely unsuspecting since up until this point everything was just fine, why would it be any different today? When the doctor doing the ultrasound mentioned the potential clubfoot possibility I couldn’t even freak out. Vencel was sitting next to me, he understood none of this and I couldn’t panic for his sake. I didn’t learn too much from this doctor, but that is normal, he is doing the examination, he is not supposed to do any diagnosis, it’s the responsibility of the specialist’s to do that. However back then I was very upset that I was left there alone with my doubts, I couldn’t believe this was how they should be handling such things. I didn’t know what to make of this, didn’t know what clubfoot meant for the future of my baby and my family.
After the ultrasound I called Viktor on the phone and shared the news calmly of course since Vencel was sitting there next to me and I didn’t want to scare him. My poor husband wasn’t any better off, he was a few thousand kilometers away from us. I sent him some of the ultrasound videos in the evening so he could see the situation for himself. It was so strange, like it wasn’t even happening to us. Funnily enough when I called my mother about the news I was the one telling her that there is nothing to worry about, there is good treatment available for clubfoot and everything will be alright. Everything will be alright? I couldn’t be certain…
I started searching the internet for clubfoot of course, I wished many times that I shouldn’t have done so… The photos I found were really scary for me….being 20 weeks pregnant, that wasn’t what I needed. However luckily I stumbled upon the Hungarian Clubfoot parent’s group, where I started reading the stories of others. I posted our introduction and I became part of this wonderful community and our story started…
If you are one of those who just found out that you will have a clubfoot baby, I recommend checking out these videos made specifically for clubfoot parents.
It is absolutely vital to have a supportive community during the time of pregnancy, so I strongly suggest to join such a parent support group. I will share a few of such groups below.
References (Hungarian):
www.dongalab.hu
Facebook: Dongaláb….,azaz azok a csodás lábikók..:)
Ponseti doctors:
http://www.ponseti.info/ponseti-doctors-by-location.html
Parent networks:
http://www.ponseti.info/parent-networks.html
Parent networks Europe:
Europe
Italy
Netherlands
France
UK1
UK2
Ireland
Slovakia
Austria
Romania
Serbia
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