Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Cara, I think all of us wonder if we " did " something to cause this. I can't speak about the pamphlet, because I don't have one here. But Dr. Harbison says over and over again that something in utero was haywire. Poor prenatal care probably affected our son, since he was adopted from a birth mom that didn't have any care. He also had a bad cord and it was wrapped around his neck. SGA can also be due to an unhealthy placenta. KEEP in mind, the placenta comes from the baby, not mom, so most times it is just a wiring problem or a gene problem with these kids that starts the whole thing very early, in utero. So, NO, it doesn't mean you as a parent did anything to cause it or bring it on. Most times it is out of our control. What is in our control are the hypo G issues (which we missed) as infants and addressing the other health concerns our kids all have. DO NOT waste your effort on what has happened in the past. Concentrate on finding the best road now, and getting your son the care and help he needs. And I think I can speak for the Magic brochure, that no one at MAGIC feels like we caused or were intentionally causing our kids to be SGA or RSS! They are supporting us! Beth H. Mom to Matt, 7.5 yrs, SGA > hi, > i wanted to know .......or point out that i was looking at both > the RSS and SGA handouts and notice that only on the RSS one it > states that the parents did nothing wrong for there child to have > RSS does this mean if your child is SGA that you as a parent had > something to do with it? > cara mom to jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 No SGA is just defined based on birth weight and height and there are a whole host of reasons why a baby can be SGA. It can be genetical, hypertension and placenta problem of the mother, but smoking and drug abuse cause small babies, and I would think thats why one cannot write a general statement that parent had nothing to do with a baby being SGA. Sabina - In RSS-Support , " kittykia2002 " <kittykia2002@y...> wrote: > hi, > i wanted to know .......or point out that i was looking at both > the RSS and SGA handouts and notice that only on the RSS one it > states that the parents did nothing wrong for there child to have > RSS does this mean if your child is SGA that you as a parent had > something to do with it? > cara mom to jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Cara - Jen Salem here. No, Cara - it just means that when I was writing both pamphlets, there wasn't enough room in the SGA one to include everything..... HA! Also, the fact is that for children who are born SGA, MANY reasons are included in that category for causality of SGA, and yes, many of them could be parentally induced -- parental drinking, drug use, and more. HOWEVER, of those children who are born SGA and do not achieve catch- up growth by age 2 (only 7% of all children born SGA don't catchup by age 2) -- these parental factors do not apply. Don't worry! Next time I rewrite/update the pamphlets, I will try and remember to add that back into the SGA one. > hi, > i wanted to know .......or point out that i was looking at both > the RSS and SGA handouts and notice that only on the RSS one it > states that the parents did nothing wrong for there child to have > RSS does this mean if your child is SGA that you as a parent had > something to do with it? > cara mom to jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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