Read some of our inspiring patient stories from the Cleft.Net.East service.
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Mia's story
One in 700 babies born with a cleft around the world, of which 1,200 are born in the UK every year. However, there has only ever been one cleft baby so uniquely woven together as Mia.
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Freya's story
“Just because it’s not obvious doesn’t mean it’s not there”. This is the case for Freya, now 6 years old and born in the middle of “Cleft lip and palate awareness week”. Freya was born with an isolated cleft palate, which was undiagnosed until she was 10
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Taylor's story
“Taylor’s older brother was born with a unilateral cleft lip and, because of its genetic nature, when mum was 25 weeks pregnant with Taylor she was asked if she would like to come to Addenbrooke’s for a 3D scan.