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Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness Month was in July, but just because it’s August doesn’t mean we have to stop sharing important posts like this. ♥️ A few words from Tayler; Liam’s Mama: . . “I just wanted to get something off my chest about something that recently happened. ⠀ . . There are many IG accounts that share Liam’s photo on their page, I don’t normally mind because they ask permission first & are helping spread awareness. But lately I’ve had many accounts share without asking. One account took a before and after picture of Liam & put the caption “be who you are, always”. I thought it was sweet of them to write that. I try to read all comments on my IG and others that post Liam’s pictures. I was completely heartbroken and furious when I came across one certain comment... One woman commented saying that how dare we change his appearance and that the caption was contradicting because we didn’t allow Liam to be himself because we “changed his appearance” and that he can no longer be himself because of us. There were many people that agreed with her. To be honest, I cried. I can’t believe people think this about my husband and I. . . After talking to my husband about it I realized what is there to be mad for? As much as I try to educate and advocate for Liam, you will always have people like this that will say these things. This just proves my point that people aren’t educated on cleft lip and palate, they don’t understand why our babies NEED these surgeries.⠀ . . I would have never ever change his appearance if I didn’t have to. While I love his new smile, I miss his cleft smile more than anything in this world. I was completely heartbroken. But Liam has to have these surgeries to better his life. ⠀ . . I realize some don’t care to be educated on cleft lip and palate and that’s totally fine! But please think before you say these things because on the other side of the screen there is a heartbroken mama whose child you are talking about.” - @thestorybehindtwosmiles . . ♥️ To educate yourself on why those with cleft palate NEED the surgeries they endure; give Tayler and Liam a follow today @thestorybehindtwosmiles ♥️ as well as leave your questions below!

My little fighter! 5 scars from his open heart surgery at 4 months old! If it weren’t for those scars, you’d never even know that he has Congenital Heart Disease! ♥️ #CHD #heartwarrior #1in100 #birthdefect #nocure

her little heart beating melts my heart @thealbinocollection thanks for changing my life yet again #hope #turtle #turtles #animals #pets #nature #wildlife #heart #love #cute #babyanimals #reptiles #albino #albinoturtle #turtlemorphs #pinkbellysideneck #birthdefect #heartbeat #science #anatomy #biology #medicine #vet #veterinarymedicine #veterinarian #vettech #crazy #awesome #oneofakind #miracle

Meet Marie Angeline. If you’re in the northern hemisphere, today marks the 1st day of Summer and the longest day of the year. However, there’s a lot more happening on this Summer Solstice day than just fun parties at the beach. Here’s one: right now, hundreds of children like Marie Angeline are receiving free surgery to repair their cleft lip and cleft palate in Morocco, Russia, South Africa, the UAE, China, Malawi and Colombia - all thanks to @operationsmile and the medical staff that volunteers their time to perform the surgeries. When I first started to learn about Cleft Lips & Cleft Palates, I was alarmed to learn that “many children born with cleft in the areas of the world where @operationsmile works, face barriers to accessing surgery during the ideal time: between 6 months and 2 years old. Because of this, they can be exposed to illness, malnutrition and social stigma. The intersection of these three problems can unfortunately lead to mortality.” The amount of mortality SHOCKED me! Get ready for this….”as many as 93 PERCENT of children with unrepaired cleft conditions could die before their 20th birthdays!” 93 PERCENT! Or - if you put it this way: “without surgery, as many as 9 in 10 children born with cleft conditions could die.” . . I don’t know about you, but when I hear statistics like this it makes me scream inside! Especially because there’s such an EASY FIX! These lifesaving surgeries can take as little as 45 MINUTES to perform and a mere $240 per surgery! That’s it! You can literally save a life by donating $240 to @operationsmile You CAN make a difference and save a LIFE! I encourage you to act on this post somehow. Make a donation to @operationsmile, reshare this post, or create your own post with the #longestdayofsmiles to help raise awareness for this important cause. . . (Source: Mossey PA, Modell B. Epidemiology of oral clefts 2012: an international perspective. Frontiers of Oral Biology. 2012; 16: 1-18.) Photo: @margheritamirabella

"My name is Dorsey Ross (@dorsey.ross), and I was born with Apert Syndrome, a birth defect of the hands and face. My forehead was pushed outward, my eyes and nose were pushed back into my head, and my fingers and toes were fused together. Doctors advised my parents that because I had no skull opening, and no room for my brain to grow, that I would eventually become brain dead, and I should be put into an institution. Thankfully my parents believed and trusted in God. I have had to undergo sixty-eight operations over my 41 years of life. _____________________ My life mantra is can’t is not in my vocabulary. I spent four years in community college, and five years in Bible college. Now I am an evangelist and I travel around the country speaking at different churches and events. Don’t allow your disability to stop you from doing what it is you want to do in your life. You’re an overcomer. Please visit my website & check out my book: http://dorseyrossministries.com/." #yoocandoanything #yoocan #apertsyndrome #birthdefect #god #evangelist #beautiful #family #godisgood #livingmiracle #anythingispossible #love #instagood #happy #photooftheday #travel

Miscarriage of a foetus at 16th week of gestation, Followed by anencephaly. Anencephaly is the congenital defect charactarized by absence of major parts of the brain, resulting in a compressed fore head (can be clearly seen in this photo). •Medicogram• #letslearn #letssee #anencephaly #birthdefect #surgery #embryology #health #healthcare #pregnancy #childbirth #medicine #medicogram

A GREAT THANK YOU TO @lu_skywalker for such an amazing design! He is a tattoo artist well. Give him a follow!————At this point anything you guys ask for we will do! The new Stay Defective DB shirt will be going up for preorders AUGUST 5th! So get ready it’s right around the corner✨ #staydefective #dbz #dragonball #clothing #defective #birthdefect #clothingbrand #clothes #defect #dragonballz #dragonballzfans

So this potato has turned into either a weasel or a yam. What do you think? #potatokitten #bettyboopkitten #specialneedskitten #deformedkitten #birthdefect #coloradokitten #colorado #fosterkittens

One year ago on January 18th life swept me off my feet in a most disastrous way. One sentence was all it took. It was the day which started full of hope and positivity and ended in shreds of dispair drowning in a sea of tears. We received the information that our baby had an abdominal wall defect. The future suddenly became a hazy blur of guessing possible outcomes. 2018 broke me and blessed me. It stripped me of long-held beliefs and dreams. 2018 showed me that "manifesting" and "visualizing" things/events you want are for most parts shallow bullshit of and for privileged people. Since my baby’s diagnosis I've visualized, manifested, journaled, meditated and moon ritualed my baby's healthy abdominal wall like crazy. Because "you can make anything happen if you believe in yourself!" and "your thoughts create your reality" and my astrology chart said that from June on I would get lucky and things would get easy. So I was convinced that the birth would go smoothly and that the defect of my baby would be minor and would be fixed with one operation. Reality spat me in my delusional face. My c-section was awful, the birth defect worse than expected and I had to fear for my baby's life during 4 operations. We spent almost four long and dreary months in the hospital and since coming home, life is not easy breezy either. I pumped milk for 5 months only to realize he’s never going to breastfeed. That ship had sailed in those traumatizing months in the hospital. Like nursing my baby to sleep? Pfff.. it's bottle-feeding my baby into excruciating stomach-aches and needing around one hour to calm him so he's able to sleep. And by calm him I mean walk or bounce with him. No relaxed sitting or singing. It’s actual physical work. E-V-E-R-Y time, for every nap. He still has troubles with feeding, pooping and sleeping - so every main thing a baby does hooray. Yes, I'm grateful for my baby and he shows me a love which is indescribably deep and fulfilling yet he also triggers my absolute worst traits like impatience, over-emotionality and anger. Horrible things happen in life for probably no reason and I can't do anything about it. [continued in comments]