RE: OT - Pregnancy After Having A Child w/ASD

January 7, 2004

hi

i had my sutistic son right after getting married. at 12 months i had no idea

he was autistic first timemom i guess i was a little dumb lol. but anyway i

ended up pregnant again. my 3 year old is so smart and perfect and fine except

he is legally blind but if i could have 10 of him i would . and i am not

pregant again 3 months i am a bit scared now that i know how bad my son is and

where it came from but i have to leave all of that up to god. i am excited but i

think about it alot.

i dont knwo if this helped but i hope so

joey

AUTISM

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Five years ago one in 500

Today one in 150

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January 7, 2004

do you have any amalgams?

a hair test would also be very informative.

adequate iodine and efas are important during pregnancy

was your son vaccinated?

> Hi, everyone! My husband and I are struggling with the decision to

have

> another child or not. Our 5.5 yo daughter is NT and our 3 yo son

has

> autism. We were wondering how other parents made this decision.

If you did

> decide to have another baby, was there anything you did differently

while

> pregnant (diet, supplements or whatever) to try to fend off ASD so

to speak?

> My pregnancy was picture perfect with my daughter; however, w/my

son I was

> on bedrest for 8 weeks due to pre-term labor and then I developed

> pre-eclampsia and had to be induced at 36.5 weeks. So, ASD aside,

I am

> worried that I may have complications with another pregnancy.

>

> Since this is OT, feel free to email me directly. Any thoughts

would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

>

January 7, 2004

Greetings, all.

Our ASD child (now almost 7!) was our last " planned " child. The Lord saw fit to

bless us with 2 others in the next 32 months. Yikes. Or so we thought. was

repeatedly declared " fine " and " normal " and I was told, " You're just a worrier "

until her (YOUNGER) sisters started outpacing her on developmental milestones.

It wasn't until her sisters were talking, potty training, and learning social

cues that we were able to persuade the docs to have her evaluated more

thoroughly...We couldn't get an Autism diagnosis until she was 6!

God Bless! Our family has surely been helped by having the two " extras " around

to balance things out.

Saffle <bananamom@...> wrote:

Hi, everyone! My husband and I are struggling with the decision to have

another child or not. Our 5.5 yo daughter is NT and our 3 yo son has

autism. We were wondering how other parents made this decision. If you did

decide to have another baby, was there anything you did differently while

pregnant (diet, supplements or whatever) to try to fend off ASD so to speak?

My pregnancy was picture perfect with my daughter; however, w/my son I was

on bedrest for 8 weeks due to pre-term labor and then I developed

pre-eclampsia and had to be induced at 36.5 weeks. So, ASD aside, I am

worried that I may have complications with another pregnancy.

Since this is OT, feel free to email me directly. Any thoughts would be

greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

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January 7, 2004

If I was to have another child there would be no

vaccinations.The child s father would go with the

child for bath/what ever they do while your delivering

placenta[like sneak in a hep-b]Did both children get

vacced? and in what year? These are things to

concider.I dont blame you for being concerned.Dont

forget poly-vi-sol from day one.......

--- Stamps <creativememorieslisa@...>

wrote:

> Greetings, all.

> Our ASD child (now almost 7!) was our last " planned "

> child. The Lord saw fit to bless us with 2 others in

> the next 32 months. Yikes. Or so we thought.

> was repeatedly declared " fine " and " normal " and I

> was told, " You're just a worrier " until her

> (YOUNGER) sisters started outpacing her on

> developmental milestones. It wasn't until her

> sisters were talking, potty training, and learning

> social cues that we were able to persuade the docs

> to have her evaluated more thoroughly...We couldn't

> get an Autism diagnosis until she was 6!

>

> God Bless! Our family has surely been helped by

> having the two " extras " around to balance things

> out.

>

> Saffle <bananamom@...> wrote:

> Hi, everyone! My husband and I are struggling with

> the decision to have

> another child or not. Our 5.5 yo daughter is NT and

> our 3 yo son has

> autism. We were wondering how other parents made

> this decision. If you did

> decide to have another baby, was there anything you

> did differently while

> pregnant (diet, supplements or whatever) to try to

> fend off ASD so to speak?

> My pregnancy was picture perfect with my daughter;

> however, w/my son I was

> on bedrest for 8 weeks due to pre-term labor and

> then I developed

> pre-eclampsia and had to be induced at 36.5 weeks.

> So, ASD aside, I am

> worried that I may have complications with another

> pregnancy.

>

> Since this is OT, feel free to email me directly.

> Any thoughts would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

>

=======================================================

>

January 8, 2004

In a message dated 1/8/04 9:33:11 AM, dhooten@... writes:

<< Maybe the reasone she was spared is because she is a GIRL...

boys are more at risk. >>

Yes, my 2nd, NT child is a girl. She had the same vaxes and Rhogam......but

seems fine at 3 yo. I do wonder what might be going on that's not apparent.

Nell

January 8, 2004

My boys are in the milder end of the spectrum compared to many here (but

still bad enough for it to cause problems and them to need educational

special needs help, and for the enzymes to help!) but when we had our last I

didn't do much different during the pregnancy - the one thing we did do was

insist on single injections over 6 months apart instead of the mmr - and

she's fine!

Good luck.

I think these days the basics would be organic diet, no dental work during

pregnancy.I know the media say folic acid but I don't know much about this -

it was after my time.

Julea )

All things are possible until proved impossible - and even the impossible

may only be so, as of now.

http://www.Emagforall.netfirms.com

January 8, 2004

genetic construction with girls is interleaved from both parents and

more fault tolerant whereas boys are more completey homogenised

genetically so boys being on spectrum and girls not or less so is a

biological trend.

the number of amalgams in the mouth is very signficant and you really

are talking years forom the removal of the last one before a

reasonable margin of safety can be assumed.

girls can have very latent degrees of disorder to show as anorexia,

excessive alchohol or drug use or similar past puberty.

given your sons being on spectrum its really many years before you

can be sure your daughter was vaccinated without excessive harm.

the measles variant used in the single shot is the same over viralent

strain used as mmr and the nature of measles immunity is a suppressed

but ongoing viral infection so personally i don't think there is a

kid undamaged by it and the ABSOLUTELY exponential rate of self

injury and the like among female teenagers is a hidden river of

vaccine damage and metals toxicty.

however getting the vaccines seperated is a huge step forward.

> My boys are in the milder end of the spectrum compared to many here

(but

> still bad enough for it to cause problems and them to need

educational

> special needs help, and for the enzymes to help!) but when we had

our last I

> didn't do much different during the pregnancy - the one thing we

did do was

> insist on single injections over 6 months apart instead of the mmr -

and

> she's fine!

> Good luck.

> I think these days the basics would be organic diet, no dental work

during

> pregnancy.I know the media say folic acid but I don't know much

about this -

> it was after my time.

>

> Julea )

> All things are possible until proved impossible - and even the

impossible

> may only be so, as of now.

>

> http://www.Emagforall.netfirms.com

January 8, 2004

> Yes, my 2nd, NT child is a girl. She had the same vaxes and Rhogam......but

> seems fine at 3 yo. I do wonder what might be going on that's not apparent.

My #4 is a girl. My #2 and #3 never regressed, they had language and other

issues " from birth " . My #4 is NT, but she had the same

food intolerances as #2 and #3. I did not give her the MMR vax, I believe she

would have regressed. Chelation and anti-viral and

certain other things have all helped her, but her issues were much different

[except the food issues] from #2 and #3.

Dana

January 8, 2004

> If you did decide to have another baby, was there anything you did differently

> while

> pregnant (diet, supplements or whatever) to try to fend off ASD so to speak?

>

> With #2 I stopped vaccinating, had no dental work, and ate less fish. Also, I

> had a C-section with no pitocin or prolonged labor & delivery. I had a

> naturopath suggest that I may have had high copper with #1.

>

> For both my daughters I believe vaccine injury was the main culprit. My older

> daughter still has not recovered from her MMR booster at age 5. At that point

> I stopped vaccinating my younger daughter. #2 has mild sensory issues compared

> to her older sister with Aspergers.

>

January 8, 2004

Maybe the reasone she was spared is because she is a GIRL...

boys are more at risk.

Re: OT - Pregnancy After Having A Child w/ASD

> My boys are in the milder end of the spectrum compared to many here (but

> still bad enough for it to cause problems and them to need educational

> special needs help, and for the enzymes to help!) but when we had our last

I

> didn't do much different during the pregnancy - the one thing we did do

was

> insist on single injections over 6 months apart instead of the mmr - and

> she's fine!

> Good luck.

> I think these days the basics would be organic diet, no dental work during

> pregnancy.I know the media say folic acid but I don't know much about

this -

> it was after my time.

>

> Julea )

> All things are possible until proved impossible - and even the impossible

> may only be so, as of now.

>

> http://www.Emagforall.netfirms.com

>

January 8, 2004

> If you have a reasonable doctor, can you see if he/she will

request a simultaneous plasma zinc and serum copper or send blood

for red cell minerals?

If you can't find an MD that will do it then I am sure

directlabs.com will be able to do most, if not all the testing

detailed above. I too am struggling with this decision as my son

is 3.5 years old and I think it would be nice to have another child

around. Just trying to weight the pros and cons here to see if my

family can handle it if the next one has autism too. I think of it

as I am already going to have to deal with this the rest of my life

weather I have one or two children on the spectrum. My husband on

the other hand is having a difficult time with it all.

Good luck in your decision.

Dena

Mother of Hayden (3.5 Years)

January 8, 2004

This didn't happen in my family. It skipped over my first born son and

affected my daughter.

Re: OT - Pregnancy After Having A Child w/ASD

>

> > My boys are in the milder end of the spectrum compared to many here (but

> > still bad enough for it to cause problems and them to need educational

> > special needs help, and for the enzymes to help!) but when we had our

last

> I

> > didn't do much different during the pregnancy - the one thing we did do

> was

> > insist on single injections over 6 months apart instead of the mmr - and

> > she's fine!

> > Good luck.

> > I think these days the basics would be organic diet, no dental work

during

> > pregnancy.I know the media say folic acid but I don't know much about

> this -

> > it was after my time.

> >

> > Julea )

> > All things are possible until proved impossible - and even the

impossible

> > may only be so, as of now.

> >

> > http://www.Emagforall.netfirms.com

> >

January 8, 2004

We felt led to follow natural family planning after Allie, my second

child, was born. When she developed autism, her team of

professionals told me I should have genetic testing to rule out this

issue. I felt strongly through several circumstances that The Lord

was telling me to continue our method of family planning and to

trust in Him. Roughly 8 mos later I became pregnant with our now 15

mo old daughter, Dinah Grace, which means " vindicated by Grace " . She

is typical with just a mild speech delay which we are having checked

my early intervention. She has all other characteristics which are

missing in autism, such as pretend play, eye contact, appropriate

babble, receptive understanding, etc.

As far as different during pregnancy, I suffered the most

complications with Dinah. I was on 150+ units of insulin per day by

10 wks, gestational diabetes. I also had to take hormones during

first trimester because of abnormally low hormone levels. I also

suffered several other issues which required induction 2 wks early.

I took lots of CLO while preg, and avoided dairy and wheat, but

still consumed some. I followed the same route while nursing, did

not give Dinah dairy/wheat until almost one year old, then realized

she has a milk allergy, so back to dairy free. I have not allowed

her to receive any vaccines to this point and am still breastfeeding

several times per day.

All this said, however, I realize that there is still a chance of

her developing autism. I had to pray on this issue for some time and

give my feelings to The Lord. My basic feeling on having another

child was acceptance of the possibility of her being autistic, love

for her regardless, and acceptance of God's plan for our lives.

HTH,

Debi

> Hi, everyone! My husband and I are struggling with the decision to

have

> another child or not. Our 5.5 yo daughter is NT and our 3 yo son

has

> autism. We were wondering how other parents made this decision.

If you did

> decide to have another baby, was there anything you did

differently while

> pregnant (diet, supplements or whatever) to try to fend off ASD so

to speak?

> My pregnancy was picture perfect with my daughter; however, w/my

son I was

> on bedrest for 8 weeks due to pre-term labor and then I developed

> pre-eclampsia and had to be induced at 36.5 weeks. So, ASD aside,

I am

> worried that I may have complications with another pregnancy.

>

> Since this is OT, feel free to email me directly. Any thoughts

would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

>

January 8, 2004

>Maybe the reasone she was spared is because she is a GIRL...

boys are more at risk.<

Dr. Mark Geier who did a study on connections with vaccines and autism, believes

he knows the reason for this. He said that estrogen minimizes damage from

mercury, and tetesterone heightens it.

January 8, 2004

Hi ,

I am the mother of 5 children ages 12 to 21. The older 4 kids, 2

boys and 2 girls, are NT (most of the time ), my youngest is

autistic. But one thing I noticed is that boy #4 who was born in

1988 didn't talk until after 3 yrs old and we had a hard time

understanding him, also he was a lot more hyper than his brother and

sisters.

One thing I read (I am not sure if it is true) is that thimerosal was

added to vaccines around that time. Also the amount of vaccinations

have increased since then. I am not sure vaccines injured my son,

but I am very suspicious about it.

I personally wouldn't have it any other way and sometimes regret I

didn't have baby #6 to be a companion for my #5. Needless to say I

wouldn't be able to cope without the siblings.

Good Luck,

Vilma

> Hi, everyone! My husband and I are struggling with the decision to

have

> another child or not. Our 5.5 yo daughter is NT and our 3 yo son

has

> autism. We were wondering how other parents made this decision.

If you did

> decide to have another baby, was there anything you did differently

while

> pregnant (diet, supplements or whatever) to try to fend off ASD so

to speak?

> My pregnancy was picture perfect with my daughter; however, w/my

son I was

> on bedrest for 8 weeks due to pre-term labor and then I developed

> pre-eclampsia and had to be induced at 36.5 weeks. So, ASD aside,

I am

> worried that I may have complications with another pregnancy.

>

> Since this is OT, feel free to email me directly. Any thoughts

would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks,

>

January 8, 2004

We too had issues of pre-eclampsia and an induced labor. Believe you me, between

the untreated gestational diabetes, the pitocen, vaccines, there's a whole host

of things I'd do differently. My son still needs me too much to have another at

the moment, but I've been grateful to the wonderful women that responded to my

question ( similar to yours) a short while back. Mothering and Fit Pregnancy are

decent magazines with regards to a more natural approach to pregnancy, and

delivery. Funny how doctors and hospitals seem to amp things up when we don't

" perform " on command. Good luck to you. OT - Pregnancy After Having A Child w/ASD