Birthmarks
Last Tuesday, we brought Ethan to a specialist referred by his pediatrician. Ethan has a bunch of red spots on his right arm and it was 'hemangioma', a type of common birthmark that babies have. It's so common that 1 in 10 babies probably have one. It will grow for a while, and then disappear later in life. According to the doctor, it's probably when Ethan is 2 or 3 years old. But according to my *book, it'll only disappear when they are between ages 5 and 10.This type of birthmark is non malignant, which means it is not cancerous. The position of the birthmark was good, since it's not on his face, or near his organs. But the size of the birthmark is rather big too, so they would need to monitor it. Ethan need to go back to the specialist in 6 weeks.
While we were at the clinic, so many people there were excited to see Ethan. Probably it's because rarely any asian babies are treated there. Firstly, Ethan had to visit the technician, a pleasant Hispanic lady who's in charge of taking his blood pressure, his weight and his temperature. She kept complimenting how cute he is. She's very friendly and keep saying that she'll help me take care of him if I ever needed a vacation. At the end of the session, we took her phone number (just in case I really need help).
Next we were ushered into another room, where we were asked a lot of questions by a student doctor I believe. Or a nurse...I don't really remember. While we were there, so many of them kept complimenting how big and strong he is for a 7-month-old. After she's done with us, she said she'd call for the doctor. And after what seems like forever (I even got time to breastfeed Ethan and pat him to sleep) the doctor appear. She kinda talked slowly and loudly, which gave
me the impression as if she's talking to an old lady. But I think it's because she thought that we don't speak English. She just left some comment and took pictures of Ethan's hand and was gone within 3 minutes.
I noticed the doctors here are like the superstar, they appear for a while and would be gone before you know it. Just like when I gave birth, and had to be induced. We had to wait for the doctor to arrive before the inducing begun. And after he gave order, we waited the whole night while I was contracting. He just check on me once in a while to see how much I was dilating, but a nurse was monitoring me the whole time. Even til the time it was for me to start pushing, the doc wasn't around. Until the baby's crown appeared, only then he start his job.
On the way back home, we rode on the subway, and we sat beside a Hispanic lady, and I think she used almost every synonym of beauty on Ethan. She was going like 'He's so gorgeous, he's so beautiful, he's so cute...etc'. Seems like a real good day for Ethan. Everyone just threw compliments at him.
*When I always refer to my book, it's "What to Expect the First Year" by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, and Sandee E Hathaway.
posted by Mindy @ 11:44 PM
4 Comments:
I also have a birthmark on my calf, it looks like a star and was deep brown in colour. When my didi zeLL was still baby, he got birthmark on his buttocks, it was red in colour. I ask my mom about it, she say its because it was full moon when he gave birth to my bro! Hahaha!
You mean until now also you have the birthmark? It didn't go away? When did it start to appear?
yaaa ... i still have it till now ... but just a small mark oni lar .. i think my didi de disappear ady ... cause i cant c red red on his butt .. hahaha
yer...how come my birthmark stay till now geh T_T. some more it grow damn big. anyway, baby ethan IS CUTE, lol, I think I can't help throwing him with compliments when I see him too~!
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