Trigger warning: This post contains matters of child abuse.
It was mother’s instinct that told Rebecca Wanosik there something was wrong with her three-week-old baby daughter, Zeydn.
“I had her propped on my shoulder to burp her and I could feel her ribs popping,” Rebecca tells Mamamia. “The best way that I can describe it would be a similar feeling and sound to cracking or popping your knuckles.”
Right away Rebecca addressed the concern with her midwife, who told her it was nothing to worry about. But as a mother of four other children, Rebecca’s gut told her otherwise and she went out of her way to raise it with her paediatrician.
Again she was told to stop worrying.
A few weeks later, Rebecca saw two of her older children on to the school bus.
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Well... good. They do this because statistically, the point where the authorities suspect child abuse is the most dangerous time- its when children who are actually in dangerous situations are killed by their abusers or kidnapped. Statistically its infinitely more likely that children are being abused than that they have a rare medical condition. And lots of parents don't believe that their partners would never abuse their kids, even when they have. Obviously testing is important and if its proven that theres no abuse it would be good to get families back together quickly but overall this sounds like a system that is working to protect children.
I’m concerned by the headline of this article. Would it have been more helpful to promote awareness specifically about the conditions discussed?