'Dimple' at the bottom of spine/top of bum cheeks. Anyones DC have this?

[misscutandstick]

as title really...

DS5 (3yrs) has a largish 'dimple' at the top of his bum cheeks at the bottom of his spine. I happened to come across an article which mentioned that its usually formed because of v.mild spina bifida! OMG i was truly amazed, kept on reading and apparently its unlikely to cause any problems if they havent been spotted so far. the article mentioned that as many as 10% of the public have this misformed vertebra.

I always thought it was just cute - but hey i thought his 'commando crawling' was cute too and look where that got him!

anyone elses DC with a dimple in the same place?

My son has got one. Nobody at the hospital commented when he was born. His dad has got one too - when he was a baby the doctors decided it was nothing to worry about.

OMG!

I was starting to panic about my DD2 'dimple' and then I read 5inthebed's comments & PMSL!

Funny how comments about 'poo' cheer me up no end!

Glad to be of service

Don't worry leonie, none of theasd ones has it here either pmsl- ds2 was supposed to be the NT one (well there's a toddler who seems NT atm but ds3 regressed)- do you think I get extra saint points if I can throw in a physical disability as well as the ASD's?

Its quite a coincidence that alot of children with special needs have a sacral dimple, well thats the impression im getting...my son has one too and he is being assessed at the moment. I have friends with children who do not have any problems and none have ever mentioned dimples before.I wonder if there is a connection....only going on by what i have read here.

@ leonie

wow leonie, speaking as a mum of 5boys ... do you think i will get a throne and everything then???

I don't know sarah876, maybe we just start to deeply analyse everything in search of answers?

lol misscut and stick cant match 5 boys but can do 3 and asd and physical disablitys so shove over on the bench lol

I have three boys, will I get a footstool next to you

I might be nice and let you have a beanbag.

now now, enough!

theres enough room for everyone at my feet

oh good lord, that makes me sound like i have enormous elephantine feet

non smelly i hope . mind lol in my house dd rules the boys.

DS2 has one of these and he has a chromosome abnormality, but we hadn't given it any thought other then when he was born and the pead checked it out, but said it was fine.

certainly, left foot third toe - ive always liked that particular toe.

never been keen on little toes, they stub far to easy...

DD3 has a deep dimple just above her bumhole; no sn though as far as we know!
It's DD2 has aspergers.

Worked for a family and both children had the very deep and low dimple literally a cm or so above the anus and it was ruled benign in both cases.