If your baby was born w/ 12 fingers and 12 toes?

Question

would you accept he/she as they were or would you have them surgically removed? This is assumming the extra digits would pose no health risk or physical debiltation, an otherwise completely healthy baby.

Answer 1

I would LOVE that child just as if it had 10 & 10. Except I would wonder what God had planned for my special angel. Maybe a master pianist or a brilliant painter.

Answer 2

Yes I would have them removed.

Is it a question of the parent accepting them as they are or considering the possibility of the child feeling embarrassed to be so different from the rest of his/her friends?

Would it be more inconsiderate not to have the extra fingers/toes removed (assuming it was a straightforward surgery) and save the child that embarrassment?

I am sure I would not think any less of my parents for having them removed. I would sure ask why they weren't removed if I was having to constantly try to answer questions and face teasing at school by other children.

Answer 3

It depends on what doctors recommend. Having extra fingers and toes could pose a problem in the future or make things a little harder to accomplish. How would it be for them to write? Would shoes fit the same? It's an interesting story to ponder on.

Answer 4

Because i would want my child not to be ridiculed later on in the future. If i can get them removed while he's young and avoid self esteem problems in the future, then I will.It may not post a health risk, but it will definitely pose an emotional risk.

Answer 5

I would have them removed before the baby was discharged from the hospital. This would save endless questions by people you know as well as people you don't know asking why this child has so many fingers and toes. Also, the younger the baby is, the less this type of surgery is going to affect him/her.

Answer 6

My daughter was born with a twin baby toe on her left foot. Due to the problems she'd have finding shoes to fit, and how embarrassed she'd feel to be different from other children, we had it amputated immediately. Her remaining toe decided to be a grouch and refused to grow nearly as much as his brother on the right. But it's not noticeable unless someone studies her feet.

I think a child would not consider being different as being cool. You can wait until they're old enough to make their own decision, but this is abnormal, and I know my kids would prefer to be normal.

debbie

Answer 7

My girlfriends baby boy was born with 14 fingers and 12 toes and she has chosen to keep them as they all have bone and are working fine and it would be like chopping one of our fingers off, they wont consider taking them off untill he is about 2 years old and she feels that that is to old.
If it was me I think I would do the same, if they had no bone and were not working as a normal finger I would get them removed.
As for the toes, No boby really would notice!!

Answer 8

I think that i would have them surgically removed because if you think about when the child starts going to school they will get taunted and ridiculed by the students I think that they would also have trouble finding shoes to fit the child's feet and gloves to fit their hands in the winter. So in my opinion i would have them removed.

Answer 9

I would get them removed when they are a baby if it does not have a health risk. I would do it when they are a baby because I would not like my child to grow up getting teased or feeling bad about his/her's image.

Answer 10

I would take off the extra fingers so the kid wasn't made fun of is school but leave the toes on so they could be different...And love the child all the same