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Here are some stories written by parents for parents just like you. Here you will read some very heart felt stories written about children who suffer from BPT and their families and what they suffer from both physically and emotionally due to this rare disorder.

Very private moments in families lives are being shared with you in a hope that they may bring you some comfort, understanding and even knowledge about this disorder. We all feel like we are alone when our beautiful children suffer through these episodes and just knowing that there are other people out their and finally being able to read their stories at a time like this can be the biggest weight lifted from your shoulders.

Make sure you have a box of tissues handy as it can be quite an emotional ride reading the below stories, especially if you and your child are suffering the same.

 
Phin's Story
Our son Phin (the beautiful little man who prompted me to start to this website) was born naturally with no complications but suffered severe jaundice a few days later, ending up under lights for 4 days. Other than that he seemed completely healthy and normal, although he would only breast feed on one side, refusing to lay and feed on the other side.
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Jasmine's Story

I knew my baby was a girl from the very first pregnancy test. I was thrilled, a little baby girl of our very own. When people would ask the usual, “What are you hoping for?” I’d reply the standard, “We’d love a girl…but we’d love a little boy too…as long as our baby is healthy and strong, that’s all that really matters”.

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  Emina's Story  
 
Emina is my third daughter. My eldest is 10 and my middle is 8, they do not have BPT.Emina was born by normal delivery in August last year, she held her head up at birth (I will never know if this is linked to it or not) We tried breast feeding her at first but she could never quite manage on one side. She had a lot of reflux and was diagnosed with dairy intolerance.
 
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  Chloe's Story  
 
Chloe was born on 11th June 07, weighing a tiny 5 lb 80z, but other wise ok, We took her home the day after only to return on day 3 as she had really bad jaundice she was treated under lights for 3 days still a little yellow but ok.We started to try and get back in to a home mode when a few days after chloe started having blue episodes! Which was taken on to children’s ward at our local hospital, they did loads of tests but said it was silent reflux( where she’s not sick but it comes up in acid and can stop her breathing), sent home with infant gaviscon, ranitidine, and domperidone
   
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  Kaiya's Story    
 
Our daughter Kaiya was born at 40 weeks 1 day gestation in the hospital and it was an uncomplicated birth. She was 7 lbs 9 ounces, 51 cm in length, and had a 34 cm head circumference.  She is the second child in our family; her sister Mylie (we named her that long before Miley Cyrus surfaced thinking she would never meet another Mylie in her whole lifetime having such a unique name) was born in 2004 and is a healthy little girl.   We knew something was wrong with Kaiya almost from the day she was born.
   
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  Laci's Story    
  After an easy pregnancy, and uncomplicated labor and delivery, Laci was born on January 16, 2007 (at 39 weeks).  She was small, 5 lbs 9 oz., but otherwise perfectly healthy.  (I’m a petite mom at 4’11”)   We didn’t notice anything “wrong” with her until the day of her two month vaccinations.  (Looking back now, however, we think that even in those first few weeks she usually tilted her head (slightly) to one side or the other    
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  Collin's Story    
  Our son Collin was born Oct. 03.  I had preeclampsia the last part of the pregnancy and had to deliver Collin at 36 weeks.  His weight was 6 pounds, 14 ounces.  Jaundice was the only complication that he suffered from.  We noticed after birth that Collin's body was in a C shape all of the time and did not worry too much about it.    
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