Re: Digest Number 1652 and these kids are meant to be here

[Guest guest]

..Your words are powerful and very true!...Thes kids are meant to be

here..to teach us..to love unconditionally and to carry us all on their wings!

I would not change anything and I too would have another (if God allowed another

miracle) without any hesitation!

Barrette CN Mom to Sydney (mds) 22 months, Kerry 18 years and Zach 16

years

Green wrote:

Hi,

These children are not a malformation! It is also not a mutation! It was

explained to me one extra chromosome is not a malformation or a mutation by

my son's Dr. These children are blessings I would have another child and

would not think twice!

>From: emmanuel esezobor

>Reply-To: MosaicDS

>To: MosaicDS

>Subject: Re: Digest Number 1652

>Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:33:57 -0800 (PST)

>

>Hello all,

>I think there are some questions i will wish the mother should please

>attempt to answer.

>What do you all understand by " prematurity " and " Pre-term " ?

>Moreso,i will like to know how old you were when you got to know you were

>carrying the pregnancy that eventually brought forth these wonderful kids

>with MDS.

>I ask the last question because it has been established that older mother

>have higher risk of having babies with congenital malformation.so let us

>know the ages of these mothers during pregnancy.

>I hope to say more as time goes on.

>Dr E E Esezobor.

>National orthopaedic Hospital

>Lagos.

>

>

> Conner wrote:

> was due April 27, 1996. She was born May 16, 1996. She weighed a

>healthy 6 lbs 15 oz...I was very happy to have her after a hard on and off

>38 hours of labor.. they were about to do a csection and then decided she

>was too far down. They noticed at birth that had charateristics of

>a DS child.. They did the karyotype then and it came back two weeks later

>that 60% Mosaic Down Syndrome was what she had. She is now 8 almost.9..

>which she reminds me all the time.. LOL.. and weighs a solid (NOT FAT

>WHATSOEVER ON THIS KID) 72 lbs. She is tall as i am 5'10 and her father is

>6'4. She is doing great.. progressing well!!!

>, momma to , 8 MDS and Devyn, 6

>

>MosaicDS wrote:

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>There are 7 messages in this issue.

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>Topics in this digest:

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>1. Re: Was your child born premature?

>From: Jessie Cullen

>2. Re: Was your child born premature?

>From: " shootingstar7801 "

>3. Re: Was your child born premature?

>From: " bbiando "

>4. Re: Was your child born premature?

>From: apoholsky@...

>5. Re: Was your child born premature?

>From: Gunnels

>6. RE: Was your child born premature?

>From: " Green "

>7. Re: Was your child born premature?

>From: Luanne Eckert

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>Message: 1

>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:53:26 -0800 (PST)

>From: Jessie Cullen

>Subject: Re: Was your child born premature?

>

>Hello all...

>I was full term with , she was born on May 3 and I was due May 6. I

>was very lucky, my labor was only 5-6 hours after the first REAL hard

>pain!!! But after 3 hours of pushing and her heart rate kept dropping, I

>had an emergency c-section, she was stuck!!! I had only soft markers on my

>ultrasounds, when she was born they seen no " physical " indications. I had a

>healthy " normal " pregnancy, no health issues.

>Jess - Mom to (8.5 months/MDS)

>

> Barrette wrote:

>Hi to everyone...Sydney was born by emrgency c-section at 10am on the 17th

>of March 2003 on her due date after 34 hours of labor!..They decide it was

>time to get her into this world..I imagine she just held out to have the

>due date accurate..lol..It was a problem free pregnancy with a great report

>after the level three ultra sound....C'est la vie!

>

> Barrette CN..mom to Sydney almost 22 months

>

>Kristy Colvin wrote:

>A good question came up recently on premature infants having MDS. It was

>noted that many of the families in our group had children with MDS that

>were premature. So, my question is, Was your child with MDS born premature?

>If so, how early? Was there other factors during the pregnancy that

>indicated a possible premature birth?

>

>My story:

>When I was pregnant with Tim, I had partial Placenta Previa (part of my

>placenta was falling out) I also had Antibody " M " (which could cause anemia

>in the baby if severe). Tim was born at 32 weeks, by emergancy C-section

>after my water had broken and I had passed most of my placenta at one time.

>Although Tim was 2 months premature, he was a hefty baby, weighing

>4 lbs 4 oz!

>

>Kristy

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