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MrsQner97
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Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Not sure if anyone saw this yesterday but my mother's a nurse and shared this with me...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57598203/induced-labor-may-increase-risk-of-autism-in-offspring/
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PennyCat
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Everything you do increases the risk. Seriously. The media loves these stories.
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| Posted 8/14/13 10:27 AM |
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MrsQner97
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by PennyCat
Everything you do increases the risk. Seriously. The media loves these stories.
That was actually my response to my mother last night.
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| Posted 8/14/13 10:29 AM |
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Bearcat
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Oh great. Something else for people to get nuts over.
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| Posted 8/14/13 10:32 AM |
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rsquared
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
I was just talking about this on another board and this was my response:
"Literally everything is linked to autism. There are billions of dollars every year thrown at finding the cause of autism, and new studies that tie basically anything to autism. Correlation does not equal causation, unfortunately. Just because a large amount of mothers of kids with autism eat grilled cheese, does grilled cheese cause autism, kwim? I feel bad that expectant mothers are made to be so scared of everything because of autism. Autism happens, but I really think its a combination of things, not just one thing. I have a much, much higher chance of having a child with autism because I have a sibling with autism, and I try to keep a level head about the research, because almost everything these days is tied to autism. Just another perspective."
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| Posted 8/14/13 10:32 AM |
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mommy2B3
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
I hate these hype stories, scaring parents, or making parents second guess things.
I have 2 kids, both induced, if my son wasnt, im not sure what the outcome would have been since we caught it quick.. i have two healthy kids, and if i need another induction for my third for a medical reason, i dont like hearing what ifs that arent medically backed up, but seems to me like a coincidence, just like vaccinations.
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| Posted 8/14/13 10:34 AM |
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Nifheim
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
i just don't get why so many doctors push the usage of induction when having a baby stay inside isn't that bad unless there is a severe medical reason to remove the baby. Most of the time even if your in labor they give you inducing medications to make it go quickly then you get Epidural anesthesia which slows down everything so they pump you up with more pitocin.
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| Posted 8/14/13 11:41 AM |
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PennyCat
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by Nifheim
i just don't get why so many doctors push the usage of induction when having a baby stay inside isn't that bad unless there is a severe medical reason to remove the baby.
The placenta was actually not meant to last beyond 40wks and starts to deteriorate after that point.
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| Posted 8/14/13 11:44 AM |
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kahlua716
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by PennyCat
Everything you do increases the risk. Seriously. The media loves these stories.
Exactly.
I hate when they do this crap.
FTR- I was induced with my first and she has hit all milestones VERY early.
I think there must be some sort of predisposition and any number of things can set it off.
My Godson has Autism. He also has 5 typically developing siblings (older and younger) who have the same parents, have had the same foods, vaccines, etc. His mother went into labor on her own at over 39wks.
There is no "EASY" explanation and stories like this just make people SCARED.
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| Posted 8/14/13 11:48 AM |
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kahlua716
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by rsquared
I was just talking about this on another board and this was my response:
"Literally everything is linked to autism. There are billions of dollars every year thrown at finding the cause of autism, and new studies that tie basically anything to autism. Correlation does not equal causation, unfortunately. Just because a large amount of mothers of kids with autism eat grilled cheese, does grilled cheese cause autism, kwim? I feel bad that expectant mothers are made to be so scared of everything because of autism. Autism happens, but I really think its a combination of things, not just one thing. I have a much, much higher chance of having a child with autism because I have a sibling with autism, and I try to keep a level head about the research, because almost everything these days is tied to autism. Just another perspective."
GREAT response! 
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| Posted 8/14/13 11:48 AM |
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
I watched the news segment, and they said it MIGHT have something to do w/ problems in the pregnancy that lead to induction vs the actual drugs/process of the induction. I believe Autism results from a series of things and does not have 1 definite cause.
I was induced w/ DD bc I was 9 days late and had low fluid at that point. I wound up with a C section bc she never dropped low enough. She's fine, and I had a perfect pregnancy until she decided not to come out. With this one, I'm opting for a c-section to avoid a repeat of what happened last time.
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| Posted 8/14/13 11:49 AM |
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Nifheim
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Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
I get it if its a medical reason - a healthy baby being induced due to a deterioration of placenta is better than a healthy baby being made sickly to stay in. Just in my family - grandparents, mother/aunts all gave birth around 41-42 weeks with perfectly healthy babies. I get it times have changed but sometimes the little one needs to bake more.
I will add i don't think induction has to do with autism there are several reasons for autism not just a few drug interactions during labor. I also dn't think your a bad mommy for being induced - just feel the medical industry sometimes needs to be question on why they do certain things and if there is no real explanation then why do it?
Message edited 8/14/2013 11:51:58 AM.
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GioiaMia
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Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
I feel like its more likely that children who will develop autism tend to also have delays when it comes to "signaling" the mother's body to start labor. Just my totally unscientific theory.
I hate all of this stuff, having a niece and nephew with autism - I am basically a ticking time bomb.
I read a study on the effects of folic acid on autism - and I got pregnant while on vacation when I was NOT taking my vitamins :( it still freaks me out.
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| Posted 8/14/13 12:47 PM |
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katiebug
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
While I am very anti induction for needless reasons, and think many times it is for the doctors convenience, and they like to scare women into "needing to induce" there are so many other factors we need to look at with studies like these. Ie. Family history, age, how many other health factors and links were there between the mother's who had autistic children, what was the prenatal care, was there a link to why the mother's were induced, the list goes on.
I think there needs to be a ton more research before anyone can make a claim that there is a link.
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| Posted 8/14/13 2:04 PM |
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maymama
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
did you know that uttering the words "increased the risk of autism" actually increases your children's risk of autism?
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alli3131
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by GioiaMia
I I read a study on the effects of folic acid on autism - and I got pregnant while on vacation when I was NOT taking my vitamins :( it still freaks me out.
I did not take vitamins my entire pregnancy and my DS is not autistic so you really need to ignore 99% of what is out there
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| Posted 8/14/13 2:55 PM |
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rsquared
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Autism can be hard on a family and a child, definitely, but its not the end of the world! I think the media has made it so that people hear the word autism and panic is struck in their hearts. I work with kids with autism, and grew up with my brother who has autism and it is certainly not always the panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell that is the image a lot of people have in their head, and sometimes it is, but you find a way. Most of my students and my brother are happy, healthy members of society who maybe develop and communicate differently. I hate the idea that mothers feel immense stress because they might have a child with a disability.
Also, my sister and I were induced and are typically-developing and my mom had a natural-drug-free birth with my brother, and he is autistic, so go figure.
I very well might have a kid with autism, or I might not, but either way, I think it is largely out of my hands, and I am not going to live my life panicking about every new study that links another thing to autism.
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Jbon630
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by maymama
did you know that uttering the words "increased the risk of autism" actually increases your children's risk of autism?
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by rsquared
Autism can be hard on a family and a child, definitely, but its not the end of the world! I think the media has made it so that people hear the word autism and panic is struck in their hearts. I work with kids with autism, and grew up with my brother who has autism and it is certainly not always the panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell that is the image a lot of people have in their head, and sometimes it is, but you find a way. Most of my students and my brother are happy, healthy members of society who maybe develop and communicate differently. I hate the idea that mothers feel immense stress because they might have a child with a disability.
Also, my sister and I were induced and are typically-developing and my mom had a natural-drug-free birth with my brother, and he is autistic, so go figure.
I very well might have a kid with autism, or I might not, but either way, I think it is largely out of my hands, and I am not going to live my life panicking about every new study that links another thing to autism.
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gina409
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Too bad I didn't have a induction bcI have already been told that IVF babies and babies that needed many Sonos are very high to be diagnosed so a induction would have been the trifecta!
I hate stories like this
Everything under the sun is linked to autism
I can't tell u some of the explanations docs have given my sis regarding my niece. Some of them are actually laughable
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| Posted 8/14/13 4:33 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by rsquared
Autism can be hard on a family and a child, definitely, but its not the end of the world! I think the media has made it so that people hear the word autism and panic is struck in their hearts. I work with kids with autism, and grew up with my brother who has autism and it is certainly not always the panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell that is the image a lot of people have in their head, and sometimes it is, but you find a way. Most of my students and my brother are happy, healthy members of society who maybe develop and communicate differently. I hate the idea that mothers feel immense stress because they might have a child with a disability.
But once that " panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell" is part of your life. . . . you will see that it is the last thing you would want for someone you love. It is heart wrenching to see the hell that my nephew is in and will be in for the rest of his life not to mention his parents and sister.
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| Posted 8/14/13 5:47 PM |
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rsquared
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by GioiaMia
Posted by rsquared
Autism can be hard on a family and a child, definitely, but its not the end of the world! I think the media has made it so that people hear the word autism and panic is struck in their hearts. I work with kids with autism, and grew up with my brother who has autism and it is certainly not always the panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell that is the image a lot of people have in their head, and sometimes it is, but you find a way. Most of my students and my brother are happy, healthy members of society who maybe develop and communicate differently. I hate the idea that mothers feel immense stress because they might have a child with a disability.
But once that " panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell" is part of your life. . . . you will see that it is the last thing you would want for someone you love. It is heart wrenching to see the hell that my nephew is in and will be in for the rest of his life not to mention his parents and sister.
I have been through it personally, so I know what its like. My brother was non-verbal until 6, and I have been on the receiving end of lots of tantrums. I just think autism is not always a worst case scenario, and autistic kids can be pretty awesome too. I gotta stick up for some kids that are pretty great the way they are, you know? It makes me upset that people pity my family and pity my brother when he is actually great. Autism can be hard, I get it, but living with a person with autism has been a blessing to my family. I just want to share a more optimistic view.
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| Posted 8/14/13 10:16 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by rsquared
Posted by GioiaMia
Posted by rsquared
Autism can be hard on a family and a child, definitely, but its not the end of the world! I think the media has made it so that people hear the word autism and panic is struck in their hearts. I work with kids with autism, and grew up with my brother who has autism and it is certainly not always the panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell that is the image a lot of people have in their head, and sometimes it is, but you find a way. Most of my students and my brother are happy, healthy members of society who maybe develop and communicate differently. I hate the idea that mothers feel immense stress because they might have a child with a disability.
But once that " panic-inducing non-verbal-kid-banging-his-head-against-a-wall, tantrum hell" is part of your life. . . . you will see that it is the last thing you would want for someone you love. It is heart wrenching to see the hell that my nephew is in and will be in for the rest of his life not to mention his parents and sister.
I have been through it personally, so I know what its like. My brother was non-verbal until 6, and I have been on the receiving end of lots of tantrums. I just think autism is not always a worst case scenario, and autistic kids can be pretty awesome too. I gotta stick up for some kids that are pretty great the way they are, you know? It makes me upset that people pity my family and pity my brother when he is actually great. Autism can be hard, I get it, but living with a person with autism has been a blessing to my family. I just want to share a more optimistic view.
I understand what you are saying, and I respect that. I am just giving you a reason why moms "panic". My nephew is a blessing, but he is trapped in his own body and I would not wish that on anyone. So while I think most of these studies are BS, I can only hope that one day, ONE of them offers the truth!
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mlny
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FergieK
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Re: Inducing Labor may increase risk of autism
Posted by maymama
did you know that uttering the words "increased the risk of autism" actually increases your children's risk of autism?
and Im pretty sure pregnancy can be a risk of autism.
Its really not right for the media to do/say this to us preggies.
If you ask me it seems as though a story like that is a opportunity for a person to sue the OB for something that we have no real idea is caused for.
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