Baby has hair in bum crack - worried sick

[soworried88]

My baby (4 months old) did a poo this morning and as I was cleaning her up, I noticed that she has a few longish black hairs growing in her bum crack, kind of between her bum hole and her back. They’re not visible unless you part her bum cheeks and I’d say there are about six to eight hairs in total. At first I thought it was random hair that has got caught in her bum but it’s definitely attached to her skin.

I’m fairly certain this has happened very recently as I’ve never noticed them before - unless I missed them somehow?!

I’m so worried - what does it mean? Could it be a sign of spina bifida? Please help

Hi there,
Could we ask that the troll-hunting come to an end?
Thanks to those who had concerns and reported in. We will leave the querying of NHS or otherwise referral times as we don't want to give the OP the impression that what was said was worse, but we will remove anything at all sneery.
As you know, we can never guarantee that someone is 100% who they say they are, but where you have concerns we'd ask that you report and move off it until we've had a chance to have a look.

My son had a referral to paeds which included needing an MRI and that took 2 months so I'd say very lucky to see an NHS paed so fast when cancer patients aren't being treated quickly at all.

My GP has always seen babies quickly ((same day) so not shocked there but I might have been lucky there.

Where Do you live OP? We have a short waiting times for peads and still wouldn’t get seen in two days. Interested to know.

I wouldn't say this while the OP was worried but as she is now OK I just want to say it is not true that Spina Bifida Occulta never causes problems. My DH has it and lives with extreme pain, he is on morphine, and has been disabled for the last 30 years. Before that he had suffered from back pain but just thought it was something everyone had. He had an accident and due to the SBO his spinal cord was damaged as it wasn't properly protected. We have seen the top spinal expert in our area and his problems are due to SBO.

At the moment, most non emergency health care have cancelled all their routine clinics and appointments so it’s easy to get seen quickly, particularly for children, since those departments don’t have Covid patients. My DS had started seizures, and we were seen by the seizure specialist within 2 days, an EEG the next day, and a diagnosis and treatment plan within a week.

@speakout not actually true - referrals can be done electronically. I had an urgent one a few weeks ago (GP to Hospital) and the copy as put onto my phone to show them.

Likewise a week later I had another urgent one (Hospital department to two other hospital departments and they were received within the hour, despite one hospital being a different hospital trust.

Apologies I pointed you out, it goes to all the other saying it's quick as well. It is entirely possible and plausible.

OP I am glad your daughter is OK and I hope you feel reassured.

@Handsoffisback That is our area as well - all primary school children are seen on the same day.

She could have gone private. There are a couple of private casualty deparrtments in London and I am sure there are some elsewhere, I have certainly seen a specialist the same day on more than one occasion when I have been there.

DS 17 months had a rash at the end of a bad cold (which I presumed was connected) I called the GP yesterday just to check and had a quick phone consultation, but because he’s young they wanted to see him so I was there an hour later being seen.
I honestly can’t fault the GP service here, I’ve had two video consultations since lockdown and DS also had a rash on his face (another one!) which was diagnosed after I emailed them photos. It’s been pretty quick and slick all round.

My Gp sees children under 1 the same day. The rest of us are not so lucky.

Entirely possible timeframe. My daughter got seen within 2 hours by a paediatric consultant after my HV called Children's Ward. This was for potential seizures.

I've come back to this thread and wish to take my reply back.

My ds (14) needed the GP today and had an appointment at 1pm. We were told to take him to the local hospital for an appointment with a senior consultant pediatrician at 3pm.
Ds isn't seriously ill and I'm sure children's A&E would have dealt with him just fine. He's with his Dad overnight but he's getting VIP treatment because there's so few patients.

This son has been seriously ill before and had to wait 2 months for an MRI but today he's probably had treatment on par with Prince George.

Obviously there's a more serious side to this. Why isn't the backlog being dealt with?

I've just checked this thread again and am quite shocked by the number of deleted messages. I'm glad I hid the thread for a bit after my last post now! Thanks for the reassuring response @HopeMumsnet.

For those asking about the timeline - despite being referred to an NHS paediatrician, I ended up booking a private consultant on the Monday afternoon as I was so worried, and was seen the next day. It was really expensive but I was in bits with worry, so I just couldn't wait for the NHS (I know they're very overstretched and it can take weeks, if not months to get an appointment).

Don't worry about anyone doubting the timeline.
What we all want to know is that your little one is safe and well.
I'm glad you started this thread as I'm now having my daughter checked. I'd never heard of a sacral dimple as a previous poster noted and my daughter has had one since birth. We just thought it was a quirk but now we will be getting it checked out.

Anyway, I'm going to hide the thread again now as it's no good for my anxiety. But I hope the outcome will help reassure any other future mums going through the same thing!

Don’t worry about going private. I would have done exactly the same. So glad you are less worried. MN is an odd place! Best wishes

I have also found a tuft of hair next to a dimple on my daughters lower back although they dimple itself is very small. What was the outcome @soworried88

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