Asperger's and Cesareans...

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Turns out there WAS another reason why she had my birth forced. She would have otherwise had me cesarian, because I was 9 pounds 6 ounces.

Maybe you guys were cesarian because you were so big!

Steve

I was born via c-section two weeks early because my mom's a type I diabetic and the doctors felt it was safer that way. OTOH, my sister was born four years later in the same way and she definetly is not AS. If there is a connection it isn't really clear from anecdotal information.

Wow. You were really overcooked.

My mother tried to have me naturally but I would not come out, so they had to resort to a c-section. I was very stressed by the time the Dr. delivered me and they warned my parents that I may have trouble with certain things.

My brother was born cesarean, due to the cord being wrapped around his neck. He was born 11 weeks early weighing 12 pounds 13 ounces.

I'll remember that correlation doesn't equal casuation. Thanks.

I was born C-section. My mom was... uhhhhhh... 29 years old. One year older than I am, as of yesterday.

I also came out jaundiced and slightly underweight. It's my understanding that, upon my emergence, I spent all of five minutes in her arms before I was torn away and placed in an incubator for three straight days.

My brother was also born C-section when my mom was 36. There were no complications, though, and he was of normal weight. Today, he may be a weirdo, but he's no Aspie.

We should conduct a poll of users here. It wouldn't be generalizable to all Aspies, and it'd probably be pretty useless even for our own purposes (totally, totally non-scientific)... but if, like, 85% of everyone here was born that way... then... like.... Of course, there'd be no controls so the mystery would still remain, for sure.

I have AS, I was born naturally the day my mother was scheduled for a c-section, I was born just short of 3 wks overdue. My oldest son is autistic, he was born by c-section, my youngest may have AS and was born by c-section, I don't think their method of delivery had any correlation to being on the spectrum as we have others on the spectrum in our family that weren't c-section as well. Add on I couldn't have a vaginal delivery due to small pelvic size and they had larger heads.

I was born naturally and I was healthy baby. Big, but healthy.

Also aren't c-sections more common these days?

I was born by induced labor, as was my Mom, who has some Asperger traits. After reading the book "The Natural Guide to Autism" by Stephanie Marohn, I believe being induced played a part in my having AS. The book explains HOW induced labor, traumatic labor etc can cause Autism.
Personally, I think it's high time to get back to more natural childbirth practices. I think we could eliminate alot of childbirth complications today if we did. If I ever get blessed with children, I want to have them at home with a midwife who is willing to try different positions, massage etc before doing a C-Section etc. Oh, yeah, and if I'm at home I could relax and do whatever I want during the birth!

I was born naturally (not Caesarian) but I was induced because I was a few weeks late, and the cord was around my neck.

My mother has a few AS traits herself, and there were obviously some severe complications when she was born, because my grandmother died in childbirth.

Ahaha yeah. I just wouldn't come out.

I was a whole pound heavier than you .

Haha, I realised only just, that I had mis-typed. I meant 2 pounds and 13 ounces. =)

My oldest son with AS was born naturally and weighed 8lbs. 7 oz. My second son,who is probably AS too, it just hasn't been dx yet, he was also a natural birth but was induced and he was 8 lbs. so go figure. I have read somewhere before that induced labor might cause it but I think in my boys cases it is just plain genetics! My husband has a cousin who is supposed to be autistic but I think he is really AS. Interesting though about the C-sections though.

Well, you don't count! You were a whole month older than I was! Babies grow FAST!

Anyway, ghostgurl is right. Too many people are born cesarean these days. If there WAS a correlation, it is likely almost everyone would have AS.

Steve

I was born cesarian. It was planned, since my mother was unable to progress in labor with my older brother, we were all cesarian babies. When she was being numbed, though, I got on a blood vessel or something and caused her to have a tonic-clonic (then called a grand mal) seizure. They had to get her knocked out and me pulled out FAST. They say they did it in three minutes from the time she started seizing.

I read somewhere that as many as 50% of those diagnosed with ASDs had oxygen deprivation at birth.

I'm STILL trying to figure out what went wrong with my development! There is absolutely no history of ASD's in my family, my mom had a healthy pregnancy and took good care of herself, there wasn't any birth trauma, and the only thing "out of the ordinary" was that my mom was induced. There's that whole theory about lower oxytocin levels from Pitocin induction causing ASD's, but there's little proof for it. So, if that wasn't it, why am I an Aspie?!
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