Re: Survey: How Active were you during your pregnancy?

[Guest guest]

My answer is d. bed rest....from 14 weeks on.........My twins both have SID

issues

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Mom to Aidan & Devlin, 30 weekers, now 2 years, IUGR, TTTS, Apnea

(resolved), Bradycardia (resolved), ROP (resolved), pulmonary Stenosis,

intrahepatic portal shunt (liver now resolved), delayed in every area (

global delays), speech delays...now looking into apraxia......

But HAPPY, BEAUTIFUL baby boys.....a constant inspiration and source of joy

to their parents.

[Guest guest]

I was very active during my pregnancy. I had no restrictions and was able to

do as I pleased. Adam was born 12 days late and was small for our family.

It was at the time of delivery that we discovered that Adam was supposed to

be a twin. There were a few signs in the beginning - very sick, couldn't

stomach the vitamins, etc. but nothing was ever detected on the ultrasound.

Now, we wonder if the pregnancy had an impact on the apraxia... It was

considered a high-risk pregnancy but that was not discovered until the time

of delivery.

I used to wonder constantly if the apraxia was affected or caused by my

pregnancy with my son but now, my daughter (12 months) is exhibiting some

early warning signs that her speech may be delayed and her pregnancy was the

complete opposite of my son's. I was able to do as I pleased, didn't get

sick, took the vitamins everyday, and she was a large baby. Now, I just

don't know.

I also wonder how much of the apraxia is genetic and how much is

environmental. With my son, we have a family history of males with speech

issues. None have ever been as severe as my son's, but nevertheless, the

history is there.

My daughter had always been right on target with her milestones. Then, as if

overnight, her babbling stopped. With my son, we never heard the babble. My

daughter was a little motor mouth and then it went away completely for

several weeks. Now, we get occasional baba's and dada's and lots of vowels

but the mama's have been gone for about 2 months now. I wonder with her if

something environmental is contributing to this. Also, I wonder if it is a

dietary problem. Could it be the switchover to milk or some new food that I

tried that caused it? Also, on an interesting side note and humor me on this

one... Katy's speech seemed to soar when she was on a very strong antibiotic

(Augmentin 600) for a recurring ear infection.

Within several days to a week to her completeing the round of antibiotics the

babbling stopped. Ironically, it was also the most she ever babbled. I

brought it up to my doctor who gave me one of those " whatever " looks. She

thought I was loony. But it makes me think, could there be some underlying

infection that we don't know about that the medicine was helping? I just

can't explain the amazing soar and decline in her speech.

Anyway, good luck with your survey. It is always interesting to hear

people's viewpoints on the causes and contributing factors to their

children's apraxia.

Janet

[Guest guest]

my answer would be " b " normal activity.

i do find this topic to be rather interesting though. it has always seemed

odd to me that my easiest pregnancy (i also have 2 sets of twins and i was on

bedrest through most of their pregnancies) is the one that resulted in the

child with the most hurdles to overcome.

i find myself constantly searching for anything that i did/didn't do that may

have contributed to some of these problems. while logically i know that it

is not my fault, i guess i just need someone to blame and to be able to

pinpoint the exact day/hour/minute that things went wrong.

i know i wont ever find the answers i'm looking for, but sometimes i just get

an overwhelming need to know. as if knowing exactly what happened would

somehow let me fix it. i dont know.

anyhow, sorry for babbling there. its just been a really rough week in the

newman household. poor sara has been through the wringer with her doctors

and therapies this week, and i am seriously considering having a nervous

breakdown. if i could only find the time to squeeze that into my busy

schedule.........lol

tami

[Guest guest]

For my son, I was on normal activity until the two months, and then

I was put on work disability because I was having contractions. I

had to lie down if I had contractions. However, once I stopped

working, the contractions pretty much calmed down.

For my daughters, I had a twin pregnancy. I went into the hospital

for a week at 25 weeks, and then went home on bedrest until they

were born at 36 1/2 weeks.

Both of my daughter almost died at 6 weeks old. One of them has

moderate apraxia. Actually, now it is more articulation problems.

The other one has brain damage, mild SID, and severe apraxia.

What are they thinking the link is?

Suzi

> After attending last nights meeting at the Children's Hospital,

the

> OT brought up something interesting regarding bedrest during

> pregnancy and SID. A few of us present at last nights meeting had

> high risk pregnancies where bedrest was necessary. I'm just

curious

> to see how common this may or may not be. So if you have a moment,

> please answer the following question.

>

> How active were you during your pregnancy?

>

> a. Very Active

> b. Normal Activity

> c. Less Active

> d. Required Bed Rest

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> (Mother of 3.4 year old ph diagnosed with oral and verbal

apraxia)