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The Cleft
Palate and Lip Society of Australia Inc's
Annual General
Meeting and Speaker's Day
will be held in
Sydney on July 4th
2009.
For more information, go here.
Hello Friend and welcome to 2009...
You have
obviously come to this site in search of information on the
most common birth defect in Australia;
Cleft lip and/or Cleft
palate.
Perhaps you are a parent who has recently had your unborn
baby diagnosed with this condition, or your baby has been
born with a cleft lip and/or palate, or you may even be a
family member looking for information and some advice.
Whatever brought you to this page, let me say
Welcome.
Through this
site I hope you come to a better understanding of what a
Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate is, how it might affect a
baby/child and where you can go to for more information,
advice and - maybe most importantly - support.
Please
remember as you wander through my site that
I'm
not a Medical Doctor nor am I an expert.
I'm simply a mother who has lived with a gorgeous
cleft-affected child for the past thirteen years; stumbling,
sometimes a little blindly, through the many appointments
and clinics that it all involves without a support group to
help me.
Without a
support group in Adelaide when I needed one, I contacted the
national support group, CleftPALS, and asked to join their
team.
If you are a
new parent or a parent to be, let me say
Congratulations!
You have embarked on the most glorious but daunting ride of
your life. Your child will endure a lot in their life,
and you will too alongside them, but you are going to love
the wide smile, and you are not going to be alone.
I don't know
it all, I won't know it all, but I will listen.
This site is
still growing so please continue to check this site
periodically.
Regards
Leanne
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