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| Where you born premature? |
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| Before 30 weeks |
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rdos
Phoenix
Joined: Jul 07, 2005
Age: 48
Posts: 1112
Location: Sweden
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 Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: Were you born premature? |
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| Is there a connection between premature birth and AS? |
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walk-in-the-rain
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Joined: Mar 12, 2006
Posts: 925
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| I did not vote, but actually my son with HFA was born premature by about a month. My daughter with MR (mild) and microcephaly was born very prematurely at about 30 weeks. And I was born prematurely also but I have a label of OCD, not AS. |
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Tails
Velociraptor
Joined: Nov 01, 2005
Age: 25
Posts: 432
Location: Planet Mobius?
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I was born late, actually. I was induced after a week or so past the expected delivery date.
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Tim_p
Phoenix
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Joined: Dec 29, 2004
Posts: 511
Location: Alberta, Canada.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I was two weeks late. |
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TheGreyBadger
Toucan
Joined: Jan 01, 2006
Posts: 266
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Two-to-three weeks early, which seems to run in my family. |
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KimJ
Legend in my own mind
Joined: Jun 11, 2006
Posts: 2540
Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I answered I don't know for myself, however my HFA son was induced a couple of weeks early. Both with pictocin and manually "breaking the waters". I have heard a connection between use of pictocin and autism or some blanket neurological disorder |
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rdos
Phoenix
Joined: Jul 07, 2005
Age: 48
Posts: 1112
Location: Sweden
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just testing this idea. We got a premature son 2 years ago. He was born in the 29th week.
If it seems promising, and people can answer the question properly, I will include it in the next Aspie-quiz.
Officially, there is strong comorbidity with ADHD, 20-40% on very premature children. This is currently explained as "damage" due to the premature birth, but I think this is incorrect. ADHD is a genetically based condition.
If I can link premature birth with the Aspie-axis in Aspie-quiz, I would have disproved this idea. It seems much more likely that the autistic genes themselves cause increased risk for premature birth.
It might be interesting to also include too late birth. Another of our sons were born 2 weeks too late. |
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dgd1788
Eccentric Philosopher
Joined: Oct 09, 2005
Posts: 1352
Location: Indiana, USA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I was born 4 weeks early |
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Autumn_Shade
Blue Jay
Joined: Jul 18, 2006
Posts: 89
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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I was three weeks early.
My brother with AS too, was a week late.
There is a lot of AS (diagnosed and undiagnosed) in our extended family, but not typically premature birth.
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umbra
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jul 22, 2006
Posts: 62
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I was born six weeks premature. However, I don't think there is a connection between premature births and AS. If there were, it would have been noticed and documented by the experts who devote their careers to finding the causes/cures of/for autism. Yet I have not read anything about a connection between AS and premature births in my reading on AS. |
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MomofTom
Phoenix
Joined: Aug 06, 2006
Posts: 713
Location: Where normalcy and bad puns collide
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Three weeks late. I was always one to take the longer way around something.
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SolaCatella
Phoenix
Joined: Nov 25, 2005
Posts: 694
Location: [insert creative, funny declaration of location here]
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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I was born two weeks late. Definitely not premature.
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werbert
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Joined: May 15, 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Just like most of my school assignments, I came in two weeks late. My procrastination started early. |
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FlyGirl
Hummingbird
Joined: Apr 17, 2006
Posts: 22
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| 6 weeks early and placenta previa. Had to stay in the hospital for about 3 weeks, while my mom had to go home after one week after the C-section. |
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gsilver
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Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Age: 29
Posts: 638
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| Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I was about 2 months late. |
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