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Amanda & Joe, June 28, 2008
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s/o Heart Murmur Question/Poll
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It is VERY common for babies to have a heart murmur when they are first born, it has to do with transitioning from being in utero to outside world. Blood takes a slightly different path in the womb and a path has to close after they are born.
At the same time, heart murmurs can be signs of something more serious. IF it a murmur due to something more serious, they often sound different and there are other signs.
So, if your pediatrician heard a heart murmur the first day of life and it was consistent with a "normal physiological change in pathway" murmur would you want to know?
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Amanda & Joe, June 28, 2008
Blog of Randomness
BFP 6/10/11; Missed m/c at 5wk6d; D&C 7/18/11, Triploidy BFP 11/24/11, please be our sticky baby
Re: s/o Heart Murmur Question/Poll
If I'm called to a delivery and I hear a "normal" murmur when examining the baby, I often just note it on my exam but don't say anything to the parents if the baby is not showing other signs. In my mind I am trying to protect them from worrying about something that will go away, but that's also why I asking you guys...
If I hear a normal/innocent murmur on the day I'm discharging a baby from the hospital, I tell the parents I heard a murmur and we'll have to watch it.
If I hear a murmur during a routine physical, I tell the family as well. In kids, the majority of murmurs are innocent and they out grow them. I like to tell the familes during a visit because then I can take the time to explain it and when I would be worried. I also like to tell them because that way if someone else hears it they don't think I was hiding something from them.
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I tend to obsess over things, so I wouldn't want to know.
I have moderate mitral valve prolapse and my parents weren't aware of it until I was 14 and having some symptoms. Knowing my mom, it would have just been an unnecessary source of stress for her through my childhood if she had known about it early on. By the time I was born, she had already lost twin infants and my (then 5-year-old) older sister had just been diagnosed with brain cancer.
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I answered yes. This is why. Charlie had two holes in his heart and we were never told that he had a heart murmur while in L&D. It wasn't until his first Peds appointment that we found out and then the next day was sent to the Childrens hospital to get test done. Charlie still has a hole in his heart, which causes a murmur. We have to follow up with the cardioligist due to it, but it doesn't effect his life.
When Cecelia was born I think I asked the doctors a million times if she had a murmur, which she did the first day and then it went away.
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Totally agree!