Did my bad pregnancy cause Apraxia?

[Guest guest]

Hi:

I had the pregnancy from hell with my first son. I had severe

hyperemesis gravidum. I had a beautiful healthy boy who spoke in

sentences at 18 months. 13 months after I gave birth I was pregnant

again and suffered (If posible) even worse hyperemesis gravidum.

With tis pregnancy I was on a reglan pump into my stomach for the

first 5 months (It didn't help) Just wondering if any other mom of

apraxic children have suffered from hyperemesis. Could my lack of

nutrition the first 5-6 months have affected my sons brain

development?

Just thinking out loud....

deborah

[Guest guest]

Anything is possible, Deborah. It just isn't something you can beat

yourself up over.

Much of the nutrition your growing baby needed would have been taken

from stores in your body (fats, calcium, iron, etc) if you were not

eating or keeping food down. Since we do not know if any nutrient

in itself is critical to proper brain development, we can't say 100%

if your illness caused anything.

Things like Omega 3 fatty acids and proteins are important in brain

development, but I know many women who had totally normal kids who

ate minimal amounts of both of these things.

What you can do now is supplement the Omega 3 fatty acids if you are

not doing so already, and optimize his nutrition.

Pam

p.s. those pregancies sounded horrible! Were they normal sized

babies??

> Hi:

>

> I had the pregnancy from hell with my first son. I had severe

> hyperemesis gravidum. I had a beautiful healthy boy who spoke in

> sentences at 18 months. 13 months after I gave birth I was

pregnant

> again and suffered (If posible) even worse hyperemesis gravidum.

> With tis pregnancy I was on a reglan pump into my stomach for the

> first 5 months (It didn't help) Just wondering if any other mom

of

> apraxic children have suffered from hyperemesis. Could my lack of

> nutrition the first 5-6 months have affected my sons brain

> development?

>

> Just thinking out loud....

> deborah

[Guest guest]

Normal, georgous babies, 7lbs 10 oz 10, 10 apgar

scores!

I am giving him the oils, I have been doing so for 4

months now and he is talking a lot more. I am so

thankful for all the info on this website and for the

fish oil, it has truly made a difference, i tell

everyone about it!

I am not beating myself up, I had no control over what

happened, just thought I would put the info out there

and see if there were any studies.

Thanks!

deb

--- noaholiviaian <p.haselow@...> wrote:

>

> p.s. those pregancies sounded horrible! Were they

> normal sized

> babies??

[Guest guest]

I had hyperemisis with my last 2 pregnacies. Very sever and on antiemetics

thoughout the 9mo with no weight gain with Chase ( severe oral/vebal

Apraxia, Sensory integration dysfunction), and on meds for only first 5mo of

pregnancy with 5lb weight gain with Gage ( Sensory Integration Dysfunction,

possible mild verbal apraxia).

I also wondered if my awful pregnancies and or the meds (compazine and

phenergan) contributed to their problems.

Kris

Debroah wrote:

> Hi:

>

> I had the pregnancy from hell with my first son. I had severe

> hyperemesis gravidum. I had a beautiful healthy boy who spoke in

> sentences at 18 months. 13 months after I gave birth I was pregnant

> again and suffered (If posible) even worse hyperemesis gravidum.

> With tis pregnancy I was on a reglan pump into my stomach for the

> first 5 months (It didn't help) Just wondering if any other mom of

> apraxic children have suffered from hyperemesis. Could my lack of

> nutrition the first 5-6 months have affected my sons brain

> development?

>

> Just thinking out loud....

> deborah