answers to congenital lyme questions

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Did you know you had Lyme prior to giving birth? no, had it since 1990 not

diagnosed correctly till 2005, had my kids in 2000 and 1997

How many children do you have total? 2 How many with Lyme disease? 2

Did you nurse? yes, 6 months, 8 months How long?

Is their Western Blot similar to you? not sure, my eldest is so positive its as

if she was vaccinated for Lyme

Are the coinfections similar? I have babesia and bartonella, neither tested

positive for either, my eldest had mycoplasma fermentens which I tested negative

for

Anything intesting you've learned about congenital Lyme you could share? it

seems congenital lyme symptoms aren't as pronounced as those children who have

been bit by a tick. Their symptoms are more 'sneaky' in that they are ill with

many different things when they are infants but not until you figure out it is

Lyme do you understand they are all connected. My girls were diagnosed when

they were 8 and 5, treated by Dr. for 3 years on antibiotics, and have

been off meds for over a year. They both seem to be doing OK but as all of you

know every ache and pain and strange symptom that arises makes a mother worry!

We are very hopeful and keep the faith that we beat it!