A couple of girls on this site had children with extra digits. Thumbs.

Try posting this on the Pregnancy COmmunity Chat...as they've already had their babies and don't frequent this forum much!

Sarah

Hi, I'm one of the girls Sarah was talking about! My daughter has an extra thumb on her right hand.

She's having it removed when she's 1 (in a couple of months' time). We had to wait til then because the thumb has a bone & a nail in it, rather than just being a fleshy extra bit, like some are.. so she needs a general anaethestic etc. I'm definitely going to tell her all about it when she's older.. there's no reason to keep it from her. If I knew she wouldn't get bullied when she's older I probably wouldn't have it removed at all.

In her case it's not genetic; no-one else in my family, or her father's, have ever been born with an extra digit before.. but it can be hereditary. It's nothing to worry about.. well I personally don't think it is anyway!

Hi the extra toe runs in my mothers family, she did not have it her brother and sister did, and I was born with it, my two sons were not but my daughter was, mine was removed at 9 months prior to walking as was my daughters, she is embarrassed by how they look, as was I as a teenager, not much you can do, just be grateful for all the positive things thanks

I was born with twelve toes in all plus two extra toe bones in between my big toe and the middle toe on each foot. I had six on each side and on my left foot, the two extra toes were webbed and off to the side a bit. When i was three my parents took me to St. Lukes Shriners Hospital to get three of them removed (the two extra plus the other one on the side of my left foot.) I now have nine toes but i still have fourteen toe bones. This doesnt completely run in my family but my dads side does have "foot issues". My dad has the two extra toe bones between the big toe and middle. But no one in my family had ever had the extra toes! Im fifteen years old and im proud of my feet. I show them off as much as possible. :] In my opinion, i think telling your sons is a good idea. But dont make it seem like a bigger deal than it is.
I hope i helped. Thanks!

Hi my son was born with extra toes and fingers.He had 12 fingers and 12 toes. His dad had the same thing and his extra fingers and toes were located in the same place where his father's was located. In his case I think it came from my husband. Each one of his extra fingers and toes were located on the side of his pinky fingers and pinky toes. At birth, they sutured the fingers off and at 6 months my son had surgery on his feet because he had bones in the extra toes. He's three and he's doing just fine now.

Hi, I am well in my 20's and have 6 toes (with bones and nails) on each foot that are webbed. I am thinking about corrective surgery. Most of you discussed having surgery at a young age, but any one you know have done in in their teens or older? I am wondering if anyone would know the time I would be out of work for such a procedure and healing time and how risky it is at this age. I do not want to risk ever walking again to complete such as cosmetic surgery.

I have identical twin daughters recently born. One has two thumbs on each hand with bones and nails and 6 toes on each foot. The other had an extra pinky "nubbin'" that was tied off and also has 6 toes on each foot. The extra toes are a duplicated 2nd toe which can complicate the idea of removal. This was a complete surprise at birth and doesn't run in our families. We plan have the thumbs removed as the outside one doesn't seem to bend and gets in the way. I am debating on the feet. Will they have shoe issues their whole life? Girls like their fashion. If I don't do the surgery early, will they resent me not dealing with it early? Will the scarring from surgery look worse than the extra toe? To complicate things, one daughter has a "wonky" big toe that will need some correction. Could I have them removed on one and not the other? Any insight would be helpful.

my family are huge pittsburgh steelers fans. i went into labor durning the superbowl. i didnt have my son until the next morning. he was born with 6 toes on each foot. it bothered me a little in the begning but the more i hear how many births there are like this i doesnt bother me anymore.the steelers won the superbowl and got their "6 pack" and i got mine as well. some in the family even nicknamed him "6 pack".

My granddaughter is 2-1/2 and just had her 6th toe removed. Her left foot had a "skin tag" and was tied off just after birth and her right foot had an extra baby toe with bone & toenail. My daughter decided to have it removed when she said, "ouie" a couple weeks ago when putting a shoe on her foot. We loved her little extra toe and she counted to six when we painted her little toes pink! We look at our little Lily as a special little being. I also read that the extra digits are a sign of divinity. My daughter and I joke that we could have the next Mother Teresa! I'll miss her little extra toe, but I'm sure she'll be glad that it was removed when she's older. We have plenty of pictures for show and tell and her mark in the concrete patio and inked prints. I don't know why some people make such a big deal out of it. I think it's kinda awesome. I know our Lily is awesome! If anyones interested, we're on day 3 with a little pink cast that will stay on for 2 weeks. The stitches will desolve and should heal nicely. She's taken almost no pain medicine that was sent home with. The doctor said to try to keep her off of it and foot elevated for a couple of days. We said, "yeah, right doc..." as if that's going to happen. Even with that cast on we have to tell her, "don't run"... it's not keeping her down.

I was born with 6 fingers and 6 toes on each hand and foot. All had bones and nails and all were removed before I was 1. Its something that runs in my family, so I dont think it came as much of a surprise to my family. It stems from my mothers side and goes back quite a number of generations. I am VERY glad that my parents had them removed, the scars dont get noticed unless i show them to people and both my hands and my feet look practically normal. The only thing different is that my little toes on my feet are slightly further down than they should be and slightly small, but it just looks like i have unfortunate feet....i never wanted to be a foot model anyway! I also have extra bones in between my fingers and toes. The only reason I know this is because of an xray on my feet after an injury.
I would say that removing them at an early age is a very good idea. It means that your child can wear gloves and normal shoes Also if you left on the extra toes until they are older their centre of gravity will need to change so if they are removed before they start to walk or relitivly young anyway this doesn't pose such a problem.
I am 5 months pregnant with my first child and will find out if it has extra digets at my scan next week. I hope not, but wont be worried if it has because if you look at my grandmothers hands and feet and then my mothers and mine you can see how advanced the removal is becoming. Im sure it is barely noticable now than it was 25 years ago when mine were removed and 49 years ago when my mothers were and lots and lots of years ago when my grandmothers were!!!!

Hope this helps!