Re: My new baby has hetrochromia ...

[Guest guest]

There is probably nothing wrong….same

thing happened to me and the doctor said the genes determining eye color are

just very confused.

From: heterochromia [mailto:heterochromia ] On Behalf Of trbak

Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006

6:18 AM

heterochromia

Subject: My new

baby has hetrochromia ...

Hi everyone,

I just joined the group. My newborn (six weeks old) has one blue and

one brown eye. My neice (my sister's daughter) has the same thing so I

am assuming it is genetic. The pediatrician wants me to take her to

the optomologist at three months. I am nervous that something is

really wrong. Any info or words of wisdom will be appreciated.

thanks,

trbak

[Guest guest]

More than likely it is nothing. I have had a blue eye and a brown eye

since birth. It has never caused me any problems. Obviously, the

smart thing to do is have it checked.

Take care,

Ed

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just joined the group. My newborn (six weeks old) has one blue

and

> one brown eye. My neice (my sister's daughter) has the same thing

so I

> am assuming it is genetic. The pediatrician wants me to take her to

> the optomologist at three months. I am nervous that something is

> really wrong. Any info or words of wisdom will be appreciated.

>

> thanks,

> trbak

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Trbak:

Warmest congrats on your baby!!!

It sounds like you're worried. I know from personal experience

it's hard not to jump to conclusions. Yet I know it's best not

to assume anything. I can't see how the color of the irises

would effect sight since iris color have nothing to do with seeing.

Good luck with you, your baby and all your family.

PS. I was born with Waardenburg. Now I wonder if I was born

with my different colored eyes. I always thought you didn't get

your permanant eye color or colors until at least you were six months.

Now from looking at the baby photos here in the photos section I'm not

so certain of this.

Happy Holidays

Lynda

[Guest guest]

Hey

My son was born last march with two different coloured eyes... we had a debate in the emergency room as to whether his eyes were blue or brown. Turns out he had one of each!

I was worried too, especially because it's hard to tell with newborns if their sight is affected or not. My doctor and my optician wouldn't even bother checking him over, they were both convinced he's fine, which at the time was even more frustrating! He's now 9 months old, his blue eye has turned a lovely shade of greeny-blue, and his brown eye is still very dark brown, and he is totally fine. His vision is A1, he can pick me or my partner out in a crowd, and no matter how much I hoover the carpet, he will always spot the tiniest speck or crumb as he's crawling about and swiftly pick it up to put in his mouth!

Since he was born I found out my uncle (on my mother's side) has one brown and one hazel eye, and he has had no problems at all his entire life (he's now in his mid 60s). Your baby is probably fine too, and the check with your optician is just a precautionary measure, and is as much to put your mind at rest as anything else. Please don't worry, you have been blessed with a very special baby there, and people will always commenting on her eyes as she gets older.

Maddie

My new baby has hetrochromia ...

Hi everyone,I just joined the group. My newborn (six weeks old) has one blue and one brown eye. My neice (my sister's daughter) has the same thing so I am assuming it is genetic. The pediatrician wants me to take her to the optomologist at three months. I am nervous that something is really wrong. Any info or words of wisdom will be appreciated.thanks,trbak

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[Guest guest]

Sight is usually not the " main " concern with heterochromia. They

will be looking at the pigmentation pattern of her eye. The major

concern of heterochromia is the fact that it may be a side effect of

something else, such as melanoma cancer or glaucoma.

I am not trying to frighten you, I just want to make sure your

doctor knows what he/she is looking at. Thankfully our pediatrician

had never seen it before and referred us to the local

ophthalmologist, who in turn said he wasn't familiar enough with the

disease and referred us to s Hopkins.

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just joined the group. My newborn (six weeks old) has one blue

and

> one brown eye. My neice (my sister's daughter) has the same thing

so I

> am assuming it is genetic. The pediatrician wants me to take her to

> the optomologist at three months. I am nervous that something is

> really wrong. Any info or words of wisdom will be appreciated.

>

> thanks,

> trbak

>

[Guest guest]

hello there trbak,

my left eye started changing when i was a kid. its now half brown/blue.

And its spreading. it should be fully brown when im 40 (im 29). I dont

think that anything is wrong. my mother was told it was just the

pigment (she has green eyes and my father has blue). Ive 20/20 vision

and dont wear glasses. Besides, I think it looks great and so does

anyone who's ever commented on it. Anything different is good.

ps some people who post messages are claiming its a 'disabililty'.

Thats absolute crap - some people are just dying for attention.

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just joined the group. My newborn (six weeks old) has one blue and

> one brown eye. My neice (my sister's daughter) has the same thing so

I

> am assuming it is genetic. The pediatrician wants me to take her to

> the optomologist at three months. I am nervous that something is

> really wrong. Any info or words of wisdom will be appreciated.

>

> thanks,

> trbak

>