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My daughter is 5 months old pregnant, she is said to be caring a baby with cleft lip, is it safe if she goes for termination, doctor says that baby will have several problems. If she becomes pregnant again will the problem be repeated.
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Termination in India is allowed till 20 week .cleft lip termination should be your personal choice. because even if no other complication it need surgery to repair it. It can cosmetically bed.
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Termination of pregnancy is allowed upto 20 weeks in India ,if the baby has isolated cleft lip then no need for termination as cleft lip van be surgically repaired after delivery. Recurrence rate of cleft lip is usually 1-5%
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