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A friend of mine just had her 3rd baby...and he was born with cleft lip & palate. She goes to the same office my ob is in, but sees a different ob and they didn't see it in any of her sonos. I was kinda shocked by that, since the tech spotted Kaylin's so quickly, but for all I know, her ob may do her own sonos. So, needless to say, she's in shock and started crying once she started talking to me. After I take Kaylin to school tomorrow I'm going up to the hospital to see her, and take her all the info I have, plus give her our pedi's name and our surgeon's name. She's really concerned about being able to breastfeed, and the LC is really working with her, but I'm really concerned she's not going to be able to BF. Though I am NOT going to tell her that and obviously, I plan on being as supportive as I can be. I don't know what kind of suction he's able to get, but Kaylin had a horrible time even with special nipples. We had to literally squeeze the milk into her mouth for her. Luckily, both of her other children are in school, so she will have time to pump, so she can exclusively pump and go about it that way. I'm so glad I'm here for her to talk to and lean on for support. I know how hard it was and I had 20 weeks to prepare. I can't imagine being hit with that out of thin air and having/knowing no one that knows a thing about it or the process you go through and the next steps you take, etc. And I'm just in shock. Before Kaylin neither Jeremy or I, and no one in either of our families knew anyone (personally) with cleft, and it's not like it's uncommon, something like 1 in 700....but now one of my friends, one of my bridesmaids even, also has a child with a cleft.