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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 58048" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I also remember answering a lot of this in the Parenting Survey.</p><p></p><p>For me, pregnancy wasn't necessarily an indicator. I have an irritable uterus and the problems were worse with each successive pregnancy. Also, a problem I had with easy child which I didn't have with the others - placental insufficiency. Basically, the placenta started dying off before she was born. If it hadn't been for a vigilant doctor i would have lost my baby in the last weeks of pregnancy.</p><p></p><p>With the other three pregnancies, the contractions began earlier each time. With easy child is was 26 weeks. With difficult child 1 it was 24 weeks. With easy child 2/difficult child 2 it was 18 weeks and with difficult child 3 it was 12 weeks. Strong Braxton-Hicks, getting so strong they would stop me in my tracks. I was on medication to stop labour developing. They had me on salbutamol for the boys, but only on Ponstan for easy child 2/difficult child 2. By the time I was pregnant with difficult child 3 I could no longer tolerate Ponstan so I was on salbutamol, 3 mg, every three hours. I have wondered if the salbutamol could have affected their brain development and contributed to both boys having Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Of course the doctor said no, but he would, wouldn't he? I had a different doctor for the last pregnancy and I have deeply regretted it, he did me so much damage.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3's delivery - he should have been a caesarean birth, his head was too big. His head was moulded down to 38 cm circumference and I could find no fontanelles for the first week; he had a seam down the back of his skull where the plates overlapped. The ligament at the front of my pelvis parted and I had to wear a brace for six months afterwards to hold my pelvis together. And yet - at the time, difficult child 3 was such an easy baby, it seemed. </p><p></p><p>Early development was different for them all. There was noting abnormal apart from difficult child 1 being an incredibly insecure, sooky baby always wanting to be held - and he attached VERY fast to some people and not to others, plus he hated being the centre of attention and would wake for feeds every two hours, through the night, even at 18 months of age; easy child 2/difficult child 2 was VERY difficult to get to sleep from about four months to about 10 months - she would sit and scream in rage at having been put to bed, absolutely exhausted and eyes closing, then fall asleep sitting up and wake again as soon as she fell over and her head hit the pillow. Very exhausting. difficult child 3 HAD to have HUGE feeds as a baby but loved being cuddled to sleep until at about 3 months he taught himself how to go to sleep when he needed to - he would almost throw himself out of my arms and into his cot when he had been cuddled enough. But difficult child 3's early obsession with flickering light, then letters and numbers, was weird.</p><p>All of the kids were alert, active, clearly smart. All milestones met at the same time roughly (apart from language in difficult child 3). Toilet training was slow and difficult, for both boys. Bowel training was the worst for difficult child 1, and bladder training the worst and most delayed for difficult child 3.</p><p></p><p>Basically, this isn't always an indicator. But I do wonder about the salbutamol. I think I've asked Sara about this, I can't recall. But all thoughts welcome.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 58048, member: 1991"] I also remember answering a lot of this in the Parenting Survey. For me, pregnancy wasn't necessarily an indicator. I have an irritable uterus and the problems were worse with each successive pregnancy. Also, a problem I had with easy child which I didn't have with the others - placental insufficiency. Basically, the placenta started dying off before she was born. If it hadn't been for a vigilant doctor i would have lost my baby in the last weeks of pregnancy. With the other three pregnancies, the contractions began earlier each time. With easy child is was 26 weeks. With difficult child 1 it was 24 weeks. With easy child 2/difficult child 2 it was 18 weeks and with difficult child 3 it was 12 weeks. Strong Braxton-Hicks, getting so strong they would stop me in my tracks. I was on medication to stop labour developing. They had me on salbutamol for the boys, but only on Ponstan for easy child 2/difficult child 2. By the time I was pregnant with difficult child 3 I could no longer tolerate Ponstan so I was on salbutamol, 3 mg, every three hours. I have wondered if the salbutamol could have affected their brain development and contributed to both boys having Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Of course the doctor said no, but he would, wouldn't he? I had a different doctor for the last pregnancy and I have deeply regretted it, he did me so much damage. difficult child 3's delivery - he should have been a caesarean birth, his head was too big. His head was moulded down to 38 cm circumference and I could find no fontanelles for the first week; he had a seam down the back of his skull where the plates overlapped. The ligament at the front of my pelvis parted and I had to wear a brace for six months afterwards to hold my pelvis together. And yet - at the time, difficult child 3 was such an easy baby, it seemed. Early development was different for them all. There was noting abnormal apart from difficult child 1 being an incredibly insecure, sooky baby always wanting to be held - and he attached VERY fast to some people and not to others, plus he hated being the centre of attention and would wake for feeds every two hours, through the night, even at 18 months of age; easy child 2/difficult child 2 was VERY difficult to get to sleep from about four months to about 10 months - she would sit and scream in rage at having been put to bed, absolutely exhausted and eyes closing, then fall asleep sitting up and wake again as soon as she fell over and her head hit the pillow. Very exhausting. difficult child 3 HAD to have HUGE feeds as a baby but loved being cuddled to sleep until at about 3 months he taught himself how to go to sleep when he needed to - he would almost throw himself out of my arms and into his cot when he had been cuddled enough. But difficult child 3's early obsession with flickering light, then letters and numbers, was weird. All of the kids were alert, active, clearly smart. All milestones met at the same time roughly (apart from language in difficult child 3). Toilet training was slow and difficult, for both boys. Bowel training was the worst for difficult child 1, and bladder training the worst and most delayed for difficult child 3. Basically, this isn't always an indicator. But I do wonder about the salbutamol. I think I've asked Sara about this, I can't recall. But all thoughts welcome. Marg [/QUOTE]
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