Spina bifida is a congenital defect of the spin in which the spinal cord and meninges are exposed by a gap in the backbone. It is caused by the incomplete closure of the neural tube in the baby before birth.
Regular Blogs
The mother of a daughter who was diagnosed with spin bifida and a club foot at twenty weeks writes about the prenatal birth, her condition, and experimental prenatal surgery, her premature birth, and her day-to-day life.
http://www.ruths-story.com/
A middle-aged woman with spin bifida writes about per pregnancy, labor and delivery, and raising her young daughter. She also links to resources and news items.
http://spinabifidamoms.blogspot.com/
Resource blog which was created in order to help educate, encourage, and inspire people whose families are affected by spinal bifida.
http://spinabifidakids.blogspot.com/
An IT professional who was born with spin bifida writes about his life with the condition and how he worked around it. He also writes about his surgeries.
http://www.walkingwithspinabifida.com/
