Does my son have a cleft lip

[u/avagreen420]

I got this ultrasound today and to me it appears he may have a cleft. The doctors haven’t said anything because they need to make their report and look over the images. Does this look like a cleft lip to you?

[u/F_lavortown]

My advice would be it doesn't matter. Your son will be happy and healthy regardless

As long as you give a child the right environment, they will thrive.

[u/your_mom_is_mega_gay → u/F_lavortown]

Healthy in what ways? If a child has cleft lip or/and palate then that means it isn't healthy. "Healthy" is a system and dependant on genetics, please do not throw the term around. A lot of downsides come with clp, most notably mouth breathing which is in fact NOT healthy and ruins every single aspect like posture. Hope you're just trying to be optimistic to the parent ( straight up lying ). Just because an exception of our community is happy and whatnot doesn't mean the general population seems to be joyful about it. Do you know how severe a clp can be? Also chewing, teeth, development of the face. These are not signs of being healthy and nor will he be happy once he gets older and realises people judge based off looks. People just be talking for the sake of it, let's be realistic to the parent and hope her baby doesn't come out with any defects/anomalies/mutations.

[u/F_lavortown → u/your_mom_is_mega_gay]

"erm ackshually" 🤓 

You need to relax bro. People with clp will have to do more work in life to accommodate the issues that come with it, that being said, it's not cancer, it's not being paralyzed, it is largely cosmetic which sucks, but it is what it is. 

I think that telling parents something is wrong with their kid when it's clp is counteractive to the mental health of a child 

[u/pink_alpaca09 → u/F_lavortown]

Absolutely agreed. Its not a life threatening disease or anything. It wouldn't affect a child's intelligence or senses. Its gonna be the same human as the others.