Guest guest Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between mother's age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show that mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence to the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to age). Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... Click this link /surveys?id=2272\ 161 < /surveys?id=227\ 2161> or select polls on the left navigation bar. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I hope everyone will participate. I'm really interested in this! I'm an older mom (had son when I was 35) and would love to have another (I'm 38 now). I've been wondering if there is an age factor with late talking/apraxia. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks for setting this up mommtlc. > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between mother's > age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show that > mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence to > the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to age). > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can > show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > Click this link > /surveys? id=2272\ > 161 > < /surveys? id=227\ > 2161> > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > Thanks! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Just my personal opinion - it wouldn't stop me from having a child at 40 - if there was a link to maternal age. We already know there's a link to maternal age and downs syndrome and other genetic disorders. We all take risks in life, and good to go in with eyes opened. However I wouldn't trade my apraxic little man for the world. - [ ] Re: Poll posted I hope everyone will participate. I'm really interested in this! I'm an older mom (had son when I was 35) and would love to have another (I'm 38 now). I've been wondering if there is an age factor with late talking/apraxia. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks for setting this up mommtlc. > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between mother's > age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show that > mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence to > the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to age). > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can > show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > Click this link > /surveys? id=2272\ > 161 > < /surveys? id=227\ > 2161> > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > Thanks! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 My son is adopted and his birth mother was 17...he has severe oral/verbal apraxia, hypotonia and sensory integration disorder. I don't think age played a role... " myjunkytrash " <myjunkytrash@...> Sent by: cc: @yaho Subject: [ ] Re: Poll posted ogroups.com 07/05/2006 08:30 AM Please respond to I hope everyone will participate. I'm really interested in this! I'm an older mom (had son when I was 35) and would love to have another (I'm 38 now). I've been wondering if there is an age factor with late talking/apraxia. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks for setting this up mommtlc. > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between mother's > age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show that > mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence to > the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to age). > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can > show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > Click this link > /surveys? id=2272\ > 161 > < /surveys? id=227\ > 2161> > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > Thanks! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 My apraxic son was born the day before my 28th birthday. Miche At 06:30 AM 7/5/2006, you wrote: >I hope everyone will participate. I'm really interested in this! >I'm an older mom (had son when I was 35) and would love to have >another (I'm 38 now). I've been wondering if there is an age factor >with late talking/apraxia. Anyone have any thoughts on this? > >Thanks for setting this up mommtlc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 I'm dubious about the link between maternal age and ASD - I don't think there is any solid evidence of a link. I am really doubtful about any relationship between apraxia and mom's age as well. In the families I know with children with developmental delays, it is more commonly the oldest child who is affected, not the youngest. Women are now having children at older ages, and I suspect the drastic increase in the numbers of children with developmental delays is not related. > > > > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between > mother's > > age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show > that > > mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence > to > > the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to > age). > > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can > > show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > > Click this link > > /surveys? > id=2272\ > > 161 > > < /surveys? > id=227\ > > 2161> > > > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Me either , but it's flitted through my mind that maybe it was my fault, so to speak, because I wasn't young enough, just another thing to torture myself with and feel guilty about! Dumb, I know. > > Just my personal opinion - it wouldn't stop me from having a child at 40 - > if there was a link to maternal age. We already know there's a link to > maternal age and downs syndrome and other genetic disorders. We all take > risks in life, and good to go in with eyes opened. However I wouldn't trade > my apraxic little man for the world. - > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between > mother's > > age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show > that > > mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence > to > > the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to > age). > > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can > > show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > > Click this link > > /surveys? > id=2272\ > > 161 > > < /surveys? > id=227\ > > 2161> > > > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > > > Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Take the poll AND view the results (so far) here. /surveys? id=2272161 Slight trend towards older moms (compared to general pop), but not significant. I had my children at 38 and 42 -- and apraxic or not -- wouldn't trade my sweet boy for anything! > > Just my personal opinion - it wouldn't stop me from having a child at 40 - > if there was a link to maternal age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I was 24, 25, 27, and 30 when I had my children. Only my last was born with birth defects so naturally I thought I shouldn't have had that fourth child at such an advanced age! (Just kidding!) > > > > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between > > mother's age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show that mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence to the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to age). > > > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > > > Click this link ://health./group/ /surveys? > > id=2272\ > > > 161 > > > < /surveys? > > id=227\ > > > 2161> > > > > > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > > > > > Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Hi, I was 38 when I had my child. Kathy [ ] Re: Poll posted I was 24, 25, 27, and 30 when I had my children. Only my last was born with birth defects so naturally I thought I shouldn't have had that fourth child at such an advanced age! (Just kidding!) > > > > > > I'm interested in knowing if there is a correlation between > > mother's age and apraxia. There has been some studies for ASD that show that mother's age may be a factor. If so, it would lend some credence to the toxic environment theory (Mom's body has more toxins due to age). > > > Please take this poll if you can spare about 30 seconds. If we can show a possible correlation with our unscientific poll..... > > > Click this link ://health./group/ /surveys? > > id=2272\ > > > 161 > > > < /surveys? > > id=227\ > > > 2161> > > > > > > or select polls on the left navigation bar. > > > > > > Thanks! ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I so agree with you in that I wouldn't trade my children for any others in the world. They 'are' my world and I love them more than anything for the beautiful people they are. I remember in college in a philosophy class the discussion of cloning came up, and some of the recent scientific possibilities while exciting, still saddens me to realize what it may come to. Most parents given the choice wouldn't want a child that isn't what the world considers perfect. Given the choice and possibility it may go as far as parents choosing their perfect baby's hair, eye color, IQ, and everything else. Like ordering a new car or something. Not a world I'd like to live in. I want a world that embraces imperfections because sometimes the best creations come from " mistakes " ask any artist. And how pompous of us to think we are somehow more perfect or more capable of choosing what is perfect. Nature is not straight lines. Besides, the poll is fun, but I wouldn't put any stock in the results. For one, parents who are younger may not be online searching or participating as much as much as those parents that are older. And for two, in this group the majority of parents have typically been middle to upper class. I know for a fact that there are many parents of apraxic children that are low income through CHERAB's VP and award winning teacher and SLP Cheryl http://www.cherab.org/about/cheryl.html as well as Tanner's EI therapist Zimet http://www.cherab.org/news/childrenshospitalarticle.html who also works with low income children now in Georgia. How many of them do you think would answer a poll here? 2%? Does that mean that number is accurate? No way. I bet parents in certain areas of the world can be any age and have a child that has a low risk of apraxia, and in another area of the world a high risk. I bet parents 50 years ago didn't have to worry about having a child with apraxia no matter what age they had a child. I bet having a child with apraxia has not much to do with age at all. I could be wrong -but if I was a betting person I'd say the same -it's environmentally triggered for some reason -and just take my fish oils and get pregnant if we wanted another baby. I love the fact that both of my boys gave me the chance first hand to witness the miracle of life. To watch butterflies get their wings. " Struggle is Good! I Want to Fly! Once a little boy was playing outdoors and found a fascinating caterpillar. He carefully picked it up and took it home to show his mother. He asked his mother if he could keep it, and she said he could if he would take good care of it. The little boy got a large jar from his mother and put plants to eat, and a stick to climb on, in the jar. Every day he watched the caterpillar and brought it new plants to eat. One day the caterpillar climbed up the stick and started acting strangely. The boy worriedly called his mother who came and understood that the caterpillar was creating a cocoon. The mother explained to the boy how the caterpillar was going to go through a metamorphosis and become a butterfly. The little boy was thrilled to hear about the changes his caterpillar would go through. He watched every day, waiting for the butterfly to emerge. One day it happened, a small hole appeared in the cocoon and the butterfly started to struggle to come out. At first the boy was excited, but soon he became concerned. The butterfly was struggling so hard to get out! It looked like it couldn't break free! It looked desperate! It looked like it was making no progress! The boy was so concerned he decided to help. He ran to get scissors, and then walked back (because he had learned not to run with scissors.). He snipped the cocoon to make the hole bigger and the butterfly quickly emerged! As the butterfly came out the boy was surprised. It had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. He continued to watch the butterfly expecting that, at any moment, the wings would dry out, enlarge and expand to support the swollen body. He knew that in time the body would shrink and the butterfly's wings would expand. But neither happened! The butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. As the boy tried to figure out what had gone wrong his mother took him to talk to a scientist from a local college. He learned that the butterfly was SUPPOSED to struggle. In fact, the butterfly's struggle to push its way through the tiny opening of the cocoon pushes the fluid out of its body and into its wings. Without the struggle, the butterfly would never, ever fly. The boy's good intentions hurt the butterfly. As you go through school, and life, keep in mind that struggling is an important part of any growth experience. In fact, it is the struggle that causes you to develop your ability to fly. " http://www.midstate.tec.wi.us/instructor/SWallerm/Struggle%20-%20Butterfly.htm ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 hi- its charlotte here- i hope age is not a deterrant for having children- i think older parents are better parents-financially- emotionally-more stable- take it from me as i tried it both ways and atleast in my case older is better- we had chromosone studies done and they were fine- more and more parents are putting off having children until they are in their 30s or even forties and they make excellent parents- we live longer than we used to and we take better care of ourselves as we get older- smoking is not the norm anymore and i had my last baby at 45 and wouldn't trade sarah or josh for the world- a very close friend of mine was 43 when she had her 1st baby who was perfect- the mothers health is the most important thing- I DONT THINK THE MOTHERS AGE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH APRAXIA so I would do whatever I felt was best and dont worry about what anyone else thinks- Its your life and I didn't let the opinions of a few people I knew who by the way were not happy anyway keep me from my happiness- charlotte henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 I was 28 with my identical twins and in my case verbal apraxia was genetic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 I was 32 with . There is no evidence of developmental delay or speech delay on either side. Warm regards, ****************** (Rochester, NY) Mom to , 3.1 years, Verbal Apraxia & , 11 months ________________________________ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Joya111@... Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Poll posted I was 28 with my identical twins and in my case verbal apraxia was genetic!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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