re:how active were you during pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Jack being my first I was pretty active, I did not change my

activity level until about 7 1/2 months, I was very large so large in

fact that people thought I was having twins. Then I was not so

active.

Jack's situation was different that I thought the reason for his

Apraxia was a birth related issue. He was 3 weeks early, I pushed for

3 hours and then his shoulders got stuck. He ended up with a Brachial

Plexus injury which is when the nerves that are attached to the

spinal cord to the arm and shoulder are damaged, there are different

severities of this and luckily Jack's nerves were just torn. He still

at almost 3 does not have full extension of his elbow but it has not

adversily affected the use of this arm.

I was totally convinced that this injury of his nerves was the reason

he had low muscle tone in his face, drooling, and speech issues etc.

I questioned his pediatric neurologist who was a total idiot, when he

saw Jack at 2 I asked him why he thought he may be not speaking and

it seemed to me he was having trouble with his mouth, he said that he

is fine and would be taling in no time he is just late.

I still sometimes think that there is a connection but do not know

for sure.

Eileen