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I *think* it was a rejection letter from (name of town) Mental Health
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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 591660" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>You know, I almost wish it was possible to say "Yes." I have high speed uncomplicated births, and had it not been for Kiddo's creeping concerns at age 15 months onward, I'd have been quite happy to be mom to a vast brood. Older Sister: 4.5 hours from water breaking; Kiddo 3 hours 45 minutes (but her water wasn't breaking, even unto full labor, doctor had to snip her bag to get things moving.) Both of 'em had good color and no complications at birth, high Apgar scores, the only difference with Kiddo (which I later learned was sometimes a factor correlating with a later Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis) was a peculiar period of quiet a week or so before birth. I had the juice test (stress test? non-stress test) and she moved appropriately with that encouragement. Aside from lots of colic (Older Sister had it almost as bad) in her early weeks the only oddness was her poor sleep cycle and slow growth.</p><p></p><p>The slow growth we attributed to her... I wouldn't call it an inability to latch on and suck. She was able to nurse just fine, she just lost interest before she got all the hindmilk. There were a number of things going on that now we know are markers to watch for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s, including her asymmetrical crawl. First word even earlier than her sister's (6.5 months, she started saying "Kee-Kah!" to the cats, her sister said the same thing at 7 months), but very poor eye contact, poor body cooperation with being held (I had to have shoulder surgery to correct what she did to me because she wouldn't nestle when held, she would swivel onto my right hip and lean WAAAAY away, I ended up with tendonitis, a bone spur and a shortened tendon.) </p><p></p><p>Her infancy and toddlerhood were pretty awful in a lot of ways, but then I could keep telling myself a lot of the behaviors would change over time - and when they didn't was when we started getting evaluations. </p><p></p><p>She's never had an MRI. I'm not sure if I can come up with a reason to have one that's considered valid or "medically necessary." It *would* be worth seeing if there is anything, and yeah, if it was a documented physical OOH LOOK AT THAT THANG THERE area of dysfunction, that would change a whole lot of stuff.</p><p></p><p>Sigh. I saw a sheriff's SUV turn onto the main highway heading in the direction of our house this morning while running errands. And then I had a mild panic attack, because you know, I'm getting a little gunshy about "What's she gonna say in school next?" Just practicing my breathing, I think I need to Sit in the mornings again, but I just haven't been able to stop my brain spinning enough to breathe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 591660, member: 15907"] You know, I almost wish it was possible to say "Yes." I have high speed uncomplicated births, and had it not been for Kiddo's creeping concerns at age 15 months onward, I'd have been quite happy to be mom to a vast brood. Older Sister: 4.5 hours from water breaking; Kiddo 3 hours 45 minutes (but her water wasn't breaking, even unto full labor, doctor had to snip her bag to get things moving.) Both of 'em had good color and no complications at birth, high Apgar scores, the only difference with Kiddo (which I later learned was sometimes a factor correlating with a later Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis) was a peculiar period of quiet a week or so before birth. I had the juice test (stress test? non-stress test) and she moved appropriately with that encouragement. Aside from lots of colic (Older Sister had it almost as bad) in her early weeks the only oddness was her poor sleep cycle and slow growth. The slow growth we attributed to her... I wouldn't call it an inability to latch on and suck. She was able to nurse just fine, she just lost interest before she got all the hindmilk. There were a number of things going on that now we know are markers to watch for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s, including her asymmetrical crawl. First word even earlier than her sister's (6.5 months, she started saying "Kee-Kah!" to the cats, her sister said the same thing at 7 months), but very poor eye contact, poor body cooperation with being held (I had to have shoulder surgery to correct what she did to me because she wouldn't nestle when held, she would swivel onto my right hip and lean WAAAAY away, I ended up with tendonitis, a bone spur and a shortened tendon.) Her infancy and toddlerhood were pretty awful in a lot of ways, but then I could keep telling myself a lot of the behaviors would change over time - and when they didn't was when we started getting evaluations. She's never had an MRI. I'm not sure if I can come up with a reason to have one that's considered valid or "medically necessary." It *would* be worth seeing if there is anything, and yeah, if it was a documented physical OOH LOOK AT THAT THANG THERE area of dysfunction, that would change a whole lot of stuff. Sigh. I saw a sheriff's SUV turn onto the main highway heading in the direction of our house this morning while running errands. And then I had a mild panic attack, because you know, I'm getting a little gunshy about "What's she gonna say in school next?" Just practicing my breathing, I think I need to Sit in the mornings again, but I just haven't been able to stop my brain spinning enough to breathe. [/QUOTE]
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