CHD AWARENESS FACTS & GIVEAWAY

Below you can read many important chilling facts about CHD.

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CHD Facts

• Congenital Heart Defects are the #1 birth defect. Source: March of Dimes
  
• Congenital Heart Defects are the #1 cause of birth defect related deaths. Source: March of Dimes
  
• About 1 out of every 100 babies are born each year with some type of Congenital Heart Defect. Source: Children’s Heart Foundation
  
• Nearly twice as many children die from Congenital Heart Defects in the United States each year as from all forms of childhood cancers combined
  
• This year approximately 4,000 babies will not live to see their first birthday because of Congenital Heart Defects. Source: Children’s Heart Foundation
  
• Though research is ongoing, at least 35 defects have now been identified.
  
• 4-8% born with CHD have Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome


• 4-10% born with CHD have Atrioventricular Septal Defects
  
• 8-11% born with CHD have Coarctation of the Aorta


• 9-14% born with CHD have Tetralogy of Fallot -- Bentley's Defect
  
• 10-11% born with CHD have Transposition of the Great Arteries
  
• 14-16% born with CHD have Ventricular Septal Defects
  
• Although some babies will be diagnosed during gestation or at birth, sometimes the diagnosis is not made until days, weeks, months, or even years after. In some cases, CHD is not detected until adolescence or adulthood. Source: March of Dimes
  
• It is a proven fact that the earlier CHD is detected and treated, it is more likely the affected child will survive and have less long term health complications. Source: March of Dimes
  

Please continue to spread awareness about CHD's and please pray for all the babies, children, and adults who are battling congenital heart defects!!

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CHD AWARENESS WEEK NEWS

This is my second year to help spread awareness for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7-14, 2010). I wish I had been more aware of CHD before, but as many of you... I had never heard of it until it was placed in our lives.

I will be posting several different interesting post this week in hopes to help spread awareness for CHD. I will be posting more about Bentley's story, pictures from surgery I have never posted before, a fun post that you can be apart of to also help spread awareness, a giveaway, and a few videos.

I posted this video last year, but I want to again. It is by far one of my favorites. The information on it, the song, everything!!! I have searched for new ones but I continue to go back to this one every time. I cannot even tell you how many times I have watched and bawled through this video during the past year.

*** Above I mention a post that you can be apart of to help spread CHD awareness. I will be doing this tomorrow morning so be on the look out. It will be very simple and fun yet informative for many people. I will be adding Mr. Linky to tomorrow's post so my other readers can see what you guys have to say and get to know you better. This will be for everyone, not just heart families.