My Baby Has an Undescended/absent Testicle

One of my sons had an undescended testicle as well. When they did the surgery it was located but whithered and was removed. It did not make a difference in his male characteristics and he had not problems that I am aware of. He has a beautiful daughter and is a great daddy now.

There will be very few times when the world in general will even be aware of this difference. If he asks reassure him that he is still all male and don't worry too much about it.

Hi, my littlest (now almost 3) was born with the same condition. Our midwife said to wait 2-3 years to see if it descended on its own. It has. We didn't have to put him through any kind of surgery. You can google my midwife's website and then email her with further questions. She can be googled under Heritage Homebirth Midwifery and her name is Jean Dhority. Best wishes. Jen

I'm sorry that your son has to go through all these and on top of that deal with insensitive, rude adults that stare. As far as the testicle, I don't have any personal experience, but I would say that any prosthetic should be his decision as he gets older, not yours, and definitely not now.

My son had an undesended testical and about 4 yrs of age had it brought down but it didnt work and I had thought about having a prosthic one but they have to be changed at different ages as he grows so figured to wait until he was older.

I had a cousin that was born with an undescended one and he didnt have surgery untill later in teen years. I question a Dr that wants to go surgically exploring around in a baby that young. I sure would get the 3 opinion thing right away!!! And whatever happened with all the new fangled images and x rays now days??
If you are in Trinidad you didnt get one of the barbaric old ones did you? The new Drs from the Philipines seem really up to date there.
Oh, it is funny how we get so worried about things when we are new mommies.......lets just hope not too many girls will get a look at him without his pants off for a few years at least!!!!!
I am sure your little guy will be fine as you teach him what his gifts are as he grows and he learns that I bet he can do lots of things that some people with two hands cant , or be kind when others dont know how,

I taught my girls that had dislexia that they were just as smart as anyone and those who can read and write easily arnt as artistically gifted as were etc. Did such a "good" job convincing one that when she is on the computer I say, hey you can use spell check and she will tell me, "if they dont like me as I am I dont care"!

I always laughed at the "well I might be fat , but you are ugly ...and I can lose weight" joke....expample: I might not have two hands but I have enough manners to know not to ask you why you (have a big nose, are rude) etc!!!

I would not put this in the category of vain at all. A friend of mine's son was born with his abdomen open. After birth they went in and put all his organs in place and closed him up. She debated on putting a belly button on her son. She postponed because it seemed silly but soon realized that kids did wonder, make fun, think he was weird and a complex will develop out of it. She put a belly button on and much of that complex has dissipated.

My son only has one testicle too, he's only 7 years old, so it doesn't effect him at all right now. If it's something that really bothers him when he's older, then we could talk about a prosthetic, but I doubt it will be an issue for him.
I think at this point a prosthethic would be of no benefit and would have to be resized.
Honestly, I can't really tell that he only has one. Good luck with the surgery, it's a fast procedure if it's absent. Within 10 minutes they were out in the waiting room to tell us it was over. :)

My son was born with undecended testicles. He had to have surgery to get them where they should be. But I wouldn't get a prostetic for and absent testicle. No one will really notice and the women that do, well I hope they wouldn't be too many, or too judgemental, you wouldn't want him dating woman like that anyway right?

I've been through some of this. Sorry--I know it is stressful.
The thing is, now doctors know that an undescended testicle left in the wrong place is a major risk factor for testcular cancer. So, if it's still there, the urologist will want to go after it, whether or not it's still viable.
If it's non-viable,there's a good chance it will just shrink away, but only an experienced urologist can tell for sure. You do not want any testicular tissue hanging around in the wrong place.
Our son's testicle twisted as it descended and left him with an opening from his scrotum to his abdominal cavity (a "communicating hydrocele") which he needed surgery to correct, in spite of the fact that the torsed teste shrank away over a few months. We went to see a pediatric urologist at Primary Children's Medical Center who was pretty much the baby testicle expert of the world (really) and he assured us that whenever the body loses one of something, the remaining part intensifies. Sooo, one testicle become like 150 percent powered testicle to make up for the missing one. That allayed my fears of infertility issues for my son.
As for prosthesis, that's something to consider as he grows up--I doubt it's something a surgeon would do now. I will say that I have three sons, and you cannot tell by looking who is missing a testicle. My husband and I have commented to each other that if anyone besides the doctor is looking at our kid *that* closely, we'll be calling the police, not worrying about his vanity. ;) Our one son is almost seven years old now, and it's been a non-issue to him. Chastity is taught in our home, so (while I realize I may sound naive) I am not worried about his testicle issue causing any self-consciousness with girls.
Best wishes.