Labial Adhesion

My daughter had the same thing. I used the medication prescribed, her pediatrician said the it was common. She's 13 now,and just fine. There were never any complications.

Hey E.,

My little girl is now two years old. Our dr said that all girls are born with it. It is onlt a little bit of skin that covers the hole where periods come from. (sorry for my lack of a proper word!) It will open by itself within a few years as the body starts preparing for puberty. Our dr also said that by opening that up now they could start their cycles earlier than if it wasnt opened by force. Maje sense. Our dr also said that it wasnt hurtful and he did mention that some dr do percribe estrogen for little girls. I think the chioce is up to you. All drs differ in the way they handle things. (My obgyn dr was content to let me tear during delivery, other friends Ive talked to said that their drs preform an episiotmy) As far as I know other than possibly starting puberty early there are no other side effects. Hope this helps! Kimberly

My daughter had it too. Her hole was not open and the doctor suggested the same thing premarin for about a month then told me to use vaseline to keep it open. Side effects of using it are little in comparison to possibility of urinary tract infections if it doesnt open more. She was fine with the dose and there were no side effects for her although I did get a good laugh at the fact that she was taking the same meds as my mom going through menopause.

my daughter has that too. her doctor told us about the hormone cream but didn't recommend it. he said that while we were using it, it would work, but as soon as we stopped it would go become fused again. he said that it usually corrects itself with time and as long as it wasnt causing her any discomfort and there were no other problems related to it, not worry about it for now.

E.,
my daughter had the same thing and we were prescribed the same med.
It worked fine and easy, with no side effects we were away of. We just make sure we check every few months now since it did start to close again and we had to repeat treatment a few times..

I was a little shocked too when I found out but it turned out to be something very minor...

Best wishes
H.

My daughter had this too. They noticed it when she was only a month or so old and the dr put vasaline or diaper rash med on it and massaged it open. I had to do the same thing for a couple weeks but it ended up closing again. She is now 2 and has a new dr that says it usually works itself open after they are 2. He didnt recommend the cream for her because it was not closed more then 1/2 way. I have the dr check it at all her well baby check ups.

I had the same thing happen with my daughter. We put the cream on but it didn't really seem to help. I'm going to ask at her next well baby. She did not seem affected by the cream in anyway.

My daughter had this problem too when she was at her 12 month check up. The ped also prescribed Premarin and I used it as prescribed. It did work but once you stop it, it will begin to adhere together again unless you continue to put vasoline or lubricating gel on it daily to keep it from adhereing. I spoke with another ped and additional reading online and what I found is that it will correct itself. Its not life threathing and as long as your daughter is not coming up with UTI's its fine. My daughter is now 3 1/2 and you can tell that the adhesions have started to come apart (the older they get they produce their own estrogen, the natural way) It will turn out fine. No worries on this one.

The estrogen cream is perfectly safe, and I suggest using it - the longer you allow the labial adhesion to remain untouched and not taken care of, the longer and more severe it may become before it naturally takes care of itself. As she gets older, she will most likely experience more frequent UTI's, and if the adhesion grows further, it may completely block the urethra - which can be serious. Remember, she is not TAKING estrogen, and it is not entering her bloodstream. Its applied topically for that reason. After the adhesion has disappeared, just put vaseline or diaper ointment on it, and it will stay un-adhered until her body starts making enough estrogen on its own. Because the estrogen will never enter her bloodstream, she will not experience any of the side effects that women experience while taking estrogen - it is a very VERY low dose in the cream itself, and I have never seen any child that has negative side effects to it.

My 5 year old daughter's doc found the same thing when she was 12 mos and said that it would go away on it's own within the following year and it did.