Made a new UD friend today (m/c ment)

March 14, 2002

Hi everyone!

Was at work today (subbing at Early Head Start), and met a woman who

(to make a long story really short) had UD. She'd had 5 m/c before

having her first baby, including a very late loss. But then she had

a healthy little girl and then a little boy. Wow . . . are they

beautiful kids! She's thinking about having another one, so I gave

her the URL of this group, in case she wanted more info and support.

What an inspiration she is to me, having kids after so many

setbacks. She lives close by, so one of the OB-GYNs who delivered

her son also oversaw the delivery of my own son. She says she's one

of the few MA PTs he's ever encountered. (Well, there's me, but he

didn't know that at the time).

She seems really knowledgeable about her MA and all, and I hope she

joins us.

She is the second person in a year who has admitted an MA to me in

casual conversation. It's always funny to hear that, and then be

able to exclaim, " Oh yeah? Me too! " and watch her face. :-)

Beth

SU

March 14, 2002

Beth,

That's neat that you met another woman with an MA in person! A women I met

through work also told me that here sister has a bicornuate uterus, and has

had 2 kids after many, many losses. (Makes me wonder if she really has

SU...) Another guy I know mentioned his mother was born with one kidney and

a hearing anomaly which are genetically related, he said. And he and his

brother are adopted because she was never able to have kids. So that made

me really suspect that she has an MA, but he didn't know anything about it.

I sure don't feel as alone as I did a year ago...

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March 14, 2002

Beth,

That's neat that you met another woman with an MA in person! A women I met

through work also told me that here sister has a bicornuate uterus, and has

had 2 kids after many, many losses. (Makes me wonder if she really has

SU...) Another guy I know mentioned his mother was born with one kidney and

a hearing anomaly which are genetically related, he said. And he and his

brother are adopted because she was never able to have kids. So that made

me really suspect that she has an MA, but he didn't know anything about it.

I sure don't feel as alone as I did a year ago...

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March 14, 2002

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> > Another guy I know mentioned his mother was born with one kidney

and

> a hearing anomaly which are genetically related, he said.

Speaking of related anomalies, this whole topic came up today because

we were discussing her son, who had a patent thyroid/glossal duct

(never heard of it) when he was born. It was mass on his neck

developed from a duct that should have closed off during fetal life.

After she told me about her UD, I wondered if this problem with her

son might not be related. He was tugging at his ear all the while he

ate, and she thought it might be related to his duct problem.

When I think of it, I have met 3 MA people in person: 2 UDs and an

SU. The SU lady I knew about long before I knew about my own

problem, but I remember clearly that she had several stillbirths

before having her septum removed. Then she had two beautiful girls

by c-section.

Aside from these people I have met, I keep getting stories about

cousins and aunt who had septa removed, etc. It's like `six degrees

of separation,' LOL.

Beth

SU

March 14, 2002