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Topic: Hypospadias

Posted By: Liam253933
Subject: Hypospadias
Date Posted: 01 August 2020 at 4:17am

Hi, our darling boy was born with hypospadias, and it is on the severe side of the spectrum.

He can pee fine and is otherwise healthy and happy. He is 9 months old.

We had our first appointment with a nurse yesterday and were not told too much detail, other than that he will need about 3 surgeries including a skin graft to correct.

We will be contacted by the hospital again in about 6 months for an appointment with the surgeon. I understand that we have to wait as he is still quite young to be operated on, but it is hard.

I was wondering if anyone else has any experience with dealing with hypospadias, particulary if it was quite a severe case.

From what I read, it is relatively common, 1 in 300 boys, but our boy has it quite bad, so I worry about him and his future.

Would be nice to know if anyone has come out of it happy, as I read too much on line and I get quite sad thinking about worse case scenarios.

Cheers.