Bendectin: Knee Issues?

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I was born in Chicago in 1978, and my mother had taken Bendectin. Like many other pregnant women during that time, she was handed two prescriptions at her first Obstetrician appointment: Prenatal Vitamins and Bendectin. She had severe morning sickness, so she filled the Bendectin and took it throughout her pregnancy. I was born with a a cleft lip, cleft palate, and now I'm facing knee replacement surgery on both legs (Rightie is going first in two weeks!). Have any other "Bendectin Babies" been plagued with knee and/or joint issues?

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yes affected

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Yes, I also have two uvulas, cleft palate and almost un bearable knee pain and I was born to a mom given bendectin in canada in 78

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I have been researching bendectin for some time now. My mom took bendectin in 1980 while pregnant with me. I am the youngest of 5 children. I am the only one with knee problems and have wondered if bendectin had anything to do with it. Both of my knees dislocate around 10 times a month. I have had 8 knee surgeries and the doctors are baffled how bad my issues are. Like I said, no family history of it, and the only thing that differed between my siblings and I was that my mon took bendectin while pregnant with me. She was scared I was going to come out with limb deformities and was happy when I was born healthy, so she thought. Then later in my childhood is when my knee problems started.

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This subject is of intense interest to me because my daughter was born in 1974 with multiple congenital defects and her mom took morning sickness meds during that pregnancy. But in all fairness, I feel moms who gave birth in the 1960s, '70s and '80s should also consider whether the fathers might have been exposed to Dioxin (Agent Orange) during military service in Korea or Vietnam. Some of the birth defects being discussed here appear on the list of Agent Orange effects and intelligent discussion of these congenital problems would consider that as well.

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