Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 My answer is (a) Very Active. I played tennis into my 7th month with both boys. I walked more as a pregnant person, than I do now. They both have\had sensory integration dysfunction. Liz Dunn\Mom to 7, (oro motor dyspraxia) and Wesley 4 1/2 mkbarden wrote: > 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 My answer is A. Very Active the entire time Now if the survey is about emotions during pregnancy, I was also Very Emotional the entire time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Very active. Had an exceedingly active one year old, worked full time at a golf driving range - shovelling, picking up balls, driving tractor, weedwhacking, cutting lawns, then go home and do it all there. , mom of riley, was severe now moderate apraxia > 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 > > > > > (Mother of 3.4 year old ph diagnosed with oral and verbal apraxia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 A. very active for me. I worked out at the gym quite heavily up until the day I had Cameron. Stairclimber, weights, running, you name it. I also raked all the leaves out of the yard the day I had him. My 7 yr old has apraxia and SID. Cheryl Cepek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 Hi and everyone! Just like everything there will probably be both sides on the bed rest/apraxia thing so I hope I can shed light on this (and please feel free to jump in or correct -don't be shy!!) I was at the CHERAB meeting too this past Monday where Horvath MS OTR/L the Clinic Coordinator from Occupational Therapy Consultants gave such a comprehensive and impressive presentation on sensory integration dysfunction (DSI) and covered it in various areas in such a way that many of us felt we were in a class -with slides, hand outs and examples (the funniest being the mirror one with the star where we were all hysterical laughing!) -so much so that Cheryl - our award winning teacher VP was collecting information to present to various school boards. One point that teachers and parents will find of interest that many of us fortunate enough to be there jumped on was how a child with sensory issues will find ways to correct or secure their environment in home or educational settings. For example - a child who requires more input to get " ready to learn " may rock in their seat at school - most teachers will say " stop rocking " and then the child is stopped from doing the very thing that will help them. We as parents and teachers can help by understanding the signs and strategies of sensory issues. In other words -if the child is rocking and is in danger of knocking over the chair the child has to be given an alternative strategy. If the rocking is seen as a distraction to the class but is not a danger to the child -then perhaps move the child to an area of the room where he can continue to move without disturbing the other children -or the teacher. We didn't have enough time to go into all of the strategies which called the " sensory diet " because of the time limit. We asked , who is our OT consultant for CHERAB to come back to present the " sensory diet " which will cover helpful strategies for a child who has signs of DSI. I have to find out if I can post some of the comprehensive handouts to our website or to here to our group. The part about the bed rest came up not as part of 's factual presentation -but as a comment she made by a parent of one of the other OT's I believe who was put on bedrest -therefore she was stating how the baby was not given the amount of movement stimulation that most babies receive -so she compensated for it after birth by providing her baby with lots of stimulation. Not a bad thing either way. It was just a statement until one mother said " How interesting - I was on bed rest too " very softly while was still talking and then down the row - the mother next to her -and then the mother next to that one that heard the comment said the same " Me too -I was on bedrest " (and me being one of them) It was unusual since all three of us were in a row and we all looked at each other with a " hmmm " kind of look-like I wonder if that carries over to others? Cheryl who was sitting next to me and heard also commented on how interesting. It probably is worth looking into in a more comprehensive survey at some point, so I believe that is on to something in asking and it would be great if we could all answer and get a couple of thousand responses. Anyway along this direction I just had an IEP meeting for my 5 and a half year old Tanner today. Other than the school 3 times a week ST and the once a week OT also in school I've pulled him out of all private therapy for the past few months and have not up till now mentioned it here. I was trying something personally. Without knowing any of this bed rest stuff -I enrolled Tanner in Karate twice a week -swimming and ice skating once a week - increased his EPA by extra supplementation with the ProEFA for the past two months -and have been working on flash cards to teach sounds and letters and even though we already have Nintendo for Tanner and Dakota we also purchased him play station with a number of educational games on it - and the ones they do have out there are great. We spend much time in the educational toy stores -more than before. In other words I'm overloading him right now on educational and gross motor activities and we will start private ST again this summer (after I also take Tanner for cranial osteopathy) And the end result so far has been that Tanner has had an amazing surge again -his talking has increased as well as his clarity and confidence. It has been obvious to all - family and friends as well as his teachers and therapists at school. The OT at Tanner's school was commenting on how his body awareness has increased in motor planning and how he now sits up tall in his chair instead of leaning on the table like he did before. I highly recommend karate to any child with apraxia -the school Tanner and Dakota goes to understands Tanner's apraxia and hypotonia and they encourage and work with him along with all of the other children. I will keep you guys posted about when the second part of 's presentation will be. Also in May, I spoke to the wonderful Kaufman, one of the CHERAB advisors http://www.kidspeech.com who will be coming in to do a presentation for our May CHERAB meeting. Hey -did anyone see Exceptional Parent magazine yet? Tanner's school had copies of it and they were so excited too! Talk to you all later! ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 I was very active with my pregnancy with . I was taking care of my mom who had brain cancer. Could it have been the stress? was born with no problem coming in screaming at the dr lol..... Diane..........mom, taxi driver,referee, piece maker and cheerleader and #1 fan too ny 17, 15, 13 11, 10.....and special Auntie Nanny to Kayleigh 1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheryl <cherylchrom3@...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2002 Report Share Posted March 9, 2002 Hi I worked up till 4 weeks before was born. I am an early childhood centre and carried out all the normal duties including digging over the sandspit! I had a dreadful birth with a caesarian being planned as he was so breech and I had already had a caeser with my dd. So in we went first epidural didn't work 2nd one went up and not down and my respiratory system shut down then an epidural block and a generaly anesthetic and I was put on a respirator to breath and was born given to hubby and I was in ICU for 5 hours till I came round. Hope this helps Michele- -- In @y..., " mkbarden " <mkbarden@o...> wrote: > 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2002 Report Share Posted March 9, 2002 I was normally active during my pregnancy. There seem to be some similarities in replies to the survey - I was also induced because I was 2 weeks overdue, but ended up with a C-section. Could petocin (SP?) be a common denominator? And I also had a bad reaction to the epidural - my blood pressure dropped dangerously low and I was totally paralyzed from the shoulders down - I felt like I couldn't breathe. Also, I think some other mothers also mentioned lethargy in utero - the doctor always had to use a buzzer on me to " wake up " my daughter to get the heartbeat. I guess many people have awful delivery experiences, with totally " normal " kids, but these coincidences seem odd. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2002 Report Share Posted March 11, 2002 About the pitocin factor that has come up. To add to my very active reply before, I want to comment on the pitocin and epidural - I have 3 children, one gifted/ld (8), one severe/moderate apraxic (6), one ? (seems fine so far but only 4). I had perfectly normal pregnancies and births. 2 were born on their due dates, the gifted one (my first) was born 6 days late. All three births were almost identical. 4-6 hours long, and totally and completely drug free. No pitocin, no painkillers and no epidurals. I wanted those who are worrying to know this so that they aren't blaming themselves for any thing done during childbirth. We can't do that to ourselves. --- In @y..., " Tammy Ingram " <tammyplus4@m...> wrote: > Hello all > > I had not planned on responding to the survey but since my situation is so different than those that responded I felt the need. I will break the pattern you all our putting together here. I have 4 children, 2 with speech problems 2 without. Well the 2 with problems were the easiest VBAC's a mom could have!! The 1st child was C- section & the other was with petocin & a epidural that did not take on the left side. And she talks more than all 3 kids put together! > > I was very active with (now apraxic 3.10 yr) until about 7weeks before his due date. I was suppose to be on bedrest but was unable since there was no one to take care of my 2 yr. old daughter. I did take trabutaline ( can't remember how it was spelled) & came 3 1/2 weeks early. So who knows what the connection here is with all of this??? > > Tammy I. in FL mom to apraxic, 6, 17 stuttered severly until about 13, 21 > > ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2002 Report Share Posted March 11, 2002 I wanted to comment on the level of activity: \I also had twins that I never felt while I was pregnant!!!!! I could not even do a stress test....I could feel nothing no movement.....occasionally a roll!!!!! Also had terrible reaction to the spinal.....blood pressure dropped and started to throw up everywhere....also frozen from shoulders down!!!! Combated the reaction with two other meds ( don't know what) and then I was fine....it does seem strange that there are these coincidences!! Hugs, , MOM to Aidan & Devlin former 30 weeker preemies, now 2 years, global delays, NO speech!! MOMMY desperate to hear the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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