A distraught mum, Leanne Owen, 40(pictured above) from Blackpool, Lancashire, has told of the shock she experienced when she found out that her son had a hidden vagina when he was already 8 year old, saying that she had a miscarriage as a result of the news.
Her son was born with a number of defects including no anus, no urethra hole in his penis and three holes in his heart, as well as a twisted spinal cord and kidney problems.
Leanne only found out her eight-year-old son, Harry Blunden had a rare condition called bifid scrotum and urethral duplication in May 2015, after years of searching for a diagnosis.
Bifid scrotum, involves him having a deep midline cleft in his scrotum that causes two labia folds.
Leanne explained:
“When I went in for my first pregnancy scan, they found blood in my urine and I was told that I had lost my baby at six weeks.I was devastated and when I went back and tracked the weeks back, that would have made it to around May 18 last year – which was the same week that I was told that Harry had a vagina.” Leanne said:
“I knew there was something internally that was wrong with Harry as well as the other defects that were picked when he was born. I’ve spent the months since joining Facebook groups, support groups and asking experts around the world to try and find out what was wrong with Harry.
“When I found out that it was VACTERL association, I just broke down because it was such a huge breakthrough and now we can get the treatment to get him on the right path in life.
