After waiting for nine months, Cristina Vercher and her husband Blaize Mucha were excited to finally meet their baby girl on December 30, 2021. But during the birth by C-section, doctors gave them surprising news.
Ayla Summer Mucha was born with bilateral macrostomia, which means her mouth didn’t form properly.
The deformity, called a facial cleft, is a rare thing where the corners of the mouth don’t come together properly when a baby is growing inside the mom. It’s so rare that only 14 cases like it have been written about in medical books.
Ayla’s parents didn’t know about this before she was born because the ultrasounds didn’t show any problems. When they saw her with her mouth open wider than normal, they got really worried. Ayla’s mom, who is now 23, and her dad, who is
