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In a message dated 12/20/2008 7:45:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

kiddietalk@... writes:

I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

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No smoking Marijauna ever and surely not during pregnancy

Yes, jaundice at one week of age

I did not lose a pound a week but rather gained quite a bit at the end (twin

pregnancy)

No I do not have Asperger's Syndrome

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Does anyone want to add input?

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

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No to all five. (marijuana, failure to thrive, jaundice, weight loss,

asperger's)

Joy

[ ] Does anyone want to add input?

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

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[Guest guest]

No, smoking marijuana during pregnancy

No, failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

No, I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

No, I don't have Asperger's

BUT Mark was a very quick birth; he was born in 20 minutes with 8 minutes of

pushing to birth; I have heard that many of our kids either have very hard, long

deliveries or very short, quick, easy births. Apparently mother nature prefers

an 'average' birth, not too fast, not too long. Don't really know if there is

any truth to this but I paid attention to this tidbit since it held true for my

son.

Janice

Mother of Mark, 13

[ ] Does anyone want to add input?

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

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[Guest guest]

No to all except jaundice.? The twins even had to go back the day after we left

the hospital to get their levels checked.?

kathy

http://www.shoptobeheard.com

[Guest guest]

Hi Janice and Happy Holidays!

Interesting about the quick birth thing even though I don't know if

that's any type of norm either. Tanner was born so quickly that the

nurse/Anne (who I became friends with and hung out with until we

moved to Florida) had to pretty much deliver Tanner as the doctor

didn't even have time to get to the hospital and get ready -I think

he was still tying his shoes or something and they kept telling me

not to push (like that works!)

The one thing that does come up often is that many of our children

with apraxia had very high fevers both with and without seizures some

time prior to 12 months old. Tanner regressed at 11 months after the

2 weeks of fevers (which according to records was the same month as

his 3rd hep shot) Now that my older son Dakota is getting so good at

doing Internet stuff (he's always playing with something and tweaking

the way the computer works on his own) I told him I want him to

upload the before fevers and after fever photos and videos of

Tanner. It's been described as " eerie " by those that see it. You

can actually see he's lost in his oral apraxia and hypotonia after.

No expression- blank look- a bit floppy -and even his eyes get a bit

droopier after. Still adorable -but he looked " out of it " after the

fevers.

Oh and PS -to the new people here -yes of course we called his

pediatrician -AND the hospital during that 2 weeks. The advice I got

which in my heart wasn't right was " as long as the fever breaks and

as long as he doesn't have a seizure there's nothing we can do " I

later found out that advice SUCKED (sorry- but just pissed about

this) as they should have looked into why my 11 month old had nonstop

fevers that kept coming back -for TWO WEEKS!!!

I was told that at around 11 months the mother's immunity is pretty

much gone from the baby and the baby doesn't yet have enough of it-

so it is a very critical stage for the brain for high fevers at this

age. Ahhh =leading to the one underdog question...is apraxia due to

a virus? I don't think so -but who knows!

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ooooooh ,

My have we had similiar experiences! Yes.... they asked me not to push at the

hospital too as the nurse ran to get the doctor! I was told to " pant " as Mark

was 1/2 out! He was born 6:30 am on Christmas morning so you can imagine how

much staff was at the hospital!

A week after his second month shots, Mark contracted RSV and had to be

hospitalized for a couple of days. The pictures after that were very lifeless

and definately 'something' was up! But, he bounced back and became vibrant

again. However, since that day..... Mark has never, ever had a fever at all!

(We got a very mild fever several weeks ago and I jumped for joy!) 13 years

without any type of fever is very WRONG! When all the kids were breaking out

with chicken pox, Mark had maybe 2 spots and zero fever. He was about 2-3 at

the time and his dyspraxia was just beginning to come forth. I had had chicken

pox when he was in utero and determined that he possibly had a lot of immunities

to it and that perhaps this was why he only had an extremely mild case.

So.... I do suspect that viral issues are a key ingredient to apraxia. Mark has

extremely low vitamin A levels and this indicates that his body is 'fighting'

viruses in the body. Of course if he has low secretin IgA, this also affects

food tolerances too! I don't know too much about the mechanics of secretin IgA

but I think that I'll try to research it more come the New Year. But all of

this indicates viral issues within his body and an immune system that is

chronically fighting a 'bad' guy within.

We started some curcumin supplements called C3 by Ecological Formulas and I am

beginning to notice isolated 'pox' like bumps emerging here and there on his

body. Curcumin is a powerful anti-viral and this specific supplement is often

used by cancer patients to boost the immune system. I don't know if the 'pox'

that I'm seeing is due to viral die-off for certain but I suspect so

intuitively.

Question: Now that Tanner is older, does he sweat like normal teenagers?

Because Mark didn't. We had to purchase an infrared sauna to get his body

sweating normally and even now, he doesn't sweat profusely like the other boys

do. Of course, Tanner did not have full blown dyspraxia like Mark did but his

story is so darn similiar to Mark's with regard to his birth and the fever at a

young age. Possibly Tanner only has apraxia of speech because his big fevers

occurred later? .....and Mark got full blown dyspraxia because he was so very

little? Just tossing that one out there!

Anyway, I am pretty convinced that there is absolutely a viral issue at play

here.....

Janice

Mother of Mark, 13

[sPAM][ ] Re: Does anyone want to add input?

Hi Janice and Happy Holidays!

Interesting about the quick birth thing even though I don't know if

that's any type of norm either. Tanner was born so quickly that the

nurse/Anne (who I became friends with and hung out with until we

moved to Florida) had to pretty much deliver Tanner as the doctor

didn't even have time to get to the hospital and get ready -I think

he was still tying his shoes or something and they kept telling me

not to push (like that works!)

The one thing that does come up often is that many of our children

with apraxia had very high fevers both with and without seizures some

time prior to 12 months old. Tanner regressed at 11 months after the

2 weeks of fevers (which according to records was the same month as

his 3rd hep shot) Now that my older son Dakota is getting so good at

doing Internet stuff (he's always playing with something and tweaking

the way the computer works on his own) I told him I want him to

upload the before fevers and after fever photos and videos of

Tanner. It's been described as " eerie " by those that see it. You

can actually see he's lost in his oral apraxia and hypotonia after.

No expression- blank look- a bit floppy -and even his eyes get a bit

droopier after. Still adorable -but he looked " out of it " after the

fevers.

Oh and PS -to the new people here -yes of course we called his

pediatrician -AND the hospital during that 2 weeks. The advice I got

which in my heart wasn't right was " as long as the fever breaks and

as long as he doesn't have a seizure there's nothing we can do " I

later found out that advice SUCKED (sorry- but just pissed about

this) as they should have looked into why my 11 month old had nonstop

fevers that kept coming back -for TWO WEEKS!!!

I was told that at around 11 months the mother's immunity is pretty

much gone from the baby and the baby doesn't yet have enough of it-

so it is a very critical stage for the brain for high fevers at this

age. Ahhh =leading to the one underdog question...is apraxia due to

a virus? I don't think so -but who knows!

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[Guest guest]

I did not smoke marijuana or anything else during pregnancy

Ethan and (both apraxic) both had jaundice at birth and required

phototherapy

I did not lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy. In fact,

I gained more than ten with Ethan. I had preeclampsia

I do, in fact, have a clinical diagnosis of Asperger's

Hope this helps. Happy Holidays.

Nadine

[Guest guest]

I will not answer the marijuana question.

No jaundice for Tarrin, no weight loss during pregnancy at all, No Aspergers in

my family except for my stepdad, Tarrin was originally diagnosed with failure to

thrive, but it was a misdx, actually due to acid reflux.

Practice random acts of kindness...

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Does anyone want to add input?

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

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[Guest guest]

No smoking marajuiana during pregnancy before and after

Developed Jaundice after 3-5 days of birth - Thanks to Hep B shot in my book

Never ever failure to thrive

No loosing a pound a week before birth

No ashbergers

Re: [ ] Does anyone want to add input?

No to all five. (marijuana, failure to thrive, jaundice, weight loss,

asperger's)

Joy

[ ] Does anyone want to add input?

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Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

=====

[Guest guest]

No to everything. Still very confused why they're even asking such

questions!

It was a long, long delivery. She was given oxygen as a precaution.

About 8 hours later= she was given her first bath and that seemed to

have spiked a fever. She turned blue and the paperwork says her leg

was shaking. Knowing what I know now---I think she had a seizure from

the high fever. She did not have another febrile seizure for almost

two years. It was after all that she was flown to the NICU. But I got

to sleep that night! Than the real work started!

[Guest guest]

: In regard to your comment about Tanner having fever for 2 wks

when he was 11 mths old and the MD/staff doing very lttle

diagnostically, I would think at the very least to draw some

bloodwork ( complete blood count) to see if there was a bacterial or

viral component and a full head to toe assessment for unusual

changes. Just my input from working with pediatricians. Kris W

On Dec 21, 2008, at 6:55 AM, kiddietalk wrote:

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> Oh and PS -to the new people here -yes of course we called his

> pediatrician -AND the hospital during that 2 weeks. The advice I got

> which in my heart wasn't right was " as long as the fever breaks and

> as long as he doesn't have a seizure there's nothing we can do " I

> later found out that advice SUCKED (sorry- but just pissed about

> this) as they should have looked into why my 11 month old had nonstop

> fevers that kept coming back -for TWO WEEKS!!!

>

[Guest guest]

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> Let's see. No to the marijuana-not ever especially during

pregnancy. No jaundice. No failure to thrive although he was and

still is very thin. I din't lose any weight during my pregnancy, but

I gained very little. I had a very difficult pregnancy. I read the

fever theory and I am trying to remember thomas's history. He had a

few fevers about 100-101. Two times were definitely after vaccines.

His birth wasa planned c-section but I did have drugs to calm me- I

was in a complete panic about the epidural. ( my first birth was drug

free and fast and easy (considering). I have a huge aversion to

needles and I panic and hyperventilate- hence the drugs. I pretty

much balme myself for thomas' apraxia. I feel that it was due to

either the pregnancy issues or the drugs right before the c-section.

I feel that thomas " had " his apraxia at birth. I remember him

reaching milestones on time, but some of them were a bit odd the way

he reached them. He was a great baby, lots of fun. I know that my

first sign was when he signed at 8 months( a made up sign for

open/shut) instead of even trying to verbalize. Then he was also sooo

quiet. We called him the " silent man " . anyway, sorry so long.

erin

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> No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

> Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

> I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

> I don't have Asperger's

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> =====

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

My answers are as follows:

 

No  never have I ever smoked   marijuania and definately not during preganancy

and definately not after.

yes he did have jaundice as a new born after birth.

Yes failure to thrive as about 2 mos till age 2 ish. Due to severe reflux and

unable to keep anything down except maybe ab ounce or two as a newborn until

age 7 mos when solids where started. From age 1 to 2 ish due severly under

weight due to being very sick. now still under weight at age 10 but doing great.

No losing a pound a week before birth

No ashpergers.

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@ . <mailto:kiddietalk% 40> com>

Subject: [childrensapraxiane t] Does anyone want to add input?

<mailto:childrensap raxianet% 40groups. com>

@groups. com

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

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[Guest guest]

I could say " NO " to all of these questions. None of them applies to us

bek

In a message dated 12/20/2008 10:45:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

kiddietalk@... writes:

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD)Other Communication Disor

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

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[Guest guest]

Sign me up as no to pot, losing weight, failure/thrive, and jaundice.

I wouldn't say it's related to Asperger's per say, but I can tell you

that I completely believe that neuro conditions run through families.

So while no one in the family has apraxia, there are quite a few other

neuro issues (bipolar - schizo?, ADD, APD, speech and learning delays)

and I wouldn't be a bit surprised. Keep in mind I'm speaking as " just "

a mom - no professional experience...

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> " I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

> Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD). I am trying to find out if

> apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

> pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

> related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

> could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

> help. Thankyou. "

>

[Guest guest]

No to all questions for me too.

________________________________

From: Maureen <mosense@...>

Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 3:09:19 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Does anyone want to add input?

No to everything. Still very confused why they're even asking such

questions!

It was a long, long delivery. She was given oxygen as a precaution.

About 8 hours later= she was given her first bath and that seemed to

have spiked a fever. She turned blue and the paperwork says her leg

was shaking. Knowing what I know now---I think she had a seizure from

the high fever. She did not have another febrile seizure for almost

two years. It was after all that she was flown to the NICU. But I got

to sleep that night! Than the real work started!

[Guest guest]

The only thing that applies to us is that the twins both had high

levels of bilirium (jaundice)...but then again, they were born at 27

weeks and so it was expected that they would have this. They received

phototherapy and it resolved itself. ONly one of the girls has apraxia

though.

Lori

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> Subject: [childrensapraxiane t] Does anyone want to add input?

> <mailto:childrensap raxianet% 40groups.

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> Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

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> " I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

> Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

> apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

> pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

> related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

> could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

> help. Thankyou. "

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> Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

> same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

> about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

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[Guest guest]

Thats exactly what I was thinking!

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[Guest guest]

No to all. In fact in our case, regarding the jaundice, our daughter (our son's

twin sister) was the one who had jaundice at birth, and she's now extremely

verbal.

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Does anyone want to add input?

Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:45 PM

" I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD) . I am trying to find out if

apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

help. Thankyou. "

Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

I'll start for my son Tanner:

No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

I don't have Asperger's

=====

[Guest guest]

Forget about illegal drugs!!! I think we have had enough with prescription

drugs!!! That is what should be our true concern quite frankly!!!

Love, Gabby. :0)

http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

 

" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear :

You are so lucky that your daughter was not affected by high bilirubin

(Jaundice), but just as Autism, Jaundice has a higher rate of affecting males,

perhaps estrogen does protect the brain in many ways!!! And the percentage of

ASD girls are high in testosterone or too low on estrogen!!!

Love, Gabby. :0)

http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

 

" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport

 

 

[Guest guest]

No smoking of anything ever, pregnant or not

no failure to thrive or jaundice, but delivered a couple of weeks early

by c-section due to my age and previous c-section and my baby had fluid

in his lungs and spent 3 nights in NICU

no weight loss - normal gain (would like to lose it now!)

and I do not have Apserger's but my 11 year old son does.

>

> " I was referred to you by the National Institute on Deafness and

> Other Communication Disorders(NIDCD). I am trying to find out if

> apraxia of speech can be related to smoking marijuana during

> pregnancy, failure to thrive, or jaundice at birth. Could it be

> related to losing a pound a week the last 3-4 weeks of pregnancy? Or

> could it be related to Asperger's? I would be very grateful for any

> help. Thankyou. "

>

> Perhaps we can all answer -I suspect that most of us will have the

> same answers -no to all of the above. The only one I think I've read

> about here once in awhile that some see at birth is jaundice?

>

> I'll start for my son Tanner:

> No smoking marijuana during pregnancy

> Tanner didn't have failure to thrive or jaundice at birth

> I didn't lose a pound a week in the last weeks of pregnancy

> I don't have Asperger's

>

> =====

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[Guest guest]

No drugs, period.

No failure to thrive or jaundice.

I didn't lose any pounds during last weeks of pregnancy.

I don't have any asd's.

Cassandra