Re: NTDs and stillbirths?

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Another thing that is related to the MTHFR mutation is midline hernias. I have

no idea if this is related, but my DAN just told me this the other day as he was

helping me prepare my 2 yo for a TRIPLE hernia correction (one abdominal and 2

inguinal - groin). I am pretty sure I, too, have the MTHFR mutation and I have

to say that with my 2yo's pregnancy I was very malnourished (hyperemesis until

29th week of pregnancy), so ya think my folate was optimized? I think not (I did

not know anything about this stuff back then)...

Just a thought to add but I have no idea if it's relavant to the discussion!!!

LOL! Maybe I'm just venting b/c on top of pandas, chiari, autism and everything

else going on in my house, now I have to deal with hernia surgery...sigh.

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> > You know what strikes,me as weird? Here we have a group that is devoted to

> > replacing MB12,and folate,made up mostly of mothers,and not once do I recall

> > anybody ever mentioning that either they,or a close relative,has ever had a

> > stillbirth,or given birth to a baby with neural tube defects,two of the more

> > common problems in low B12,and folate.I know both my older sister,and my

> > mother's sister,has had a stillbirth or two,with neural tube defects.My

> > mother had gestational diabetes whie carrying my younger sister,something I

> > have learned is linked to such a family history,not to mention autism.I may

> > never learn why I didn't develop any muscles in my arms,and chest,and have

> > such underdeveloped abdominal muscles,but I have recently read there is a

> > whole spectrum of NTDs,not only spina bifida,and stillbirths,but there are

> > NTDs the size of a pinpoint,that cause no symptoms.I have also learned the

> > cells that develop into muscles in the womb,are formed in the neural tube.So

> > maybe there is a connection.

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