A question about your infancy and autism...

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I was also a fussy baby and had difficulty falling asleep so my mother had to rock me for long hours. I know this can be typical of an autty but there is also the complication of inner ear infections so I don't know if I would have had a fine time falling asleep without them.

They needed to use forceps to help me out when I was born. Other than that, I understand it was fairly normal.

As a baby, and until I was about 15, I had a lot of ear infections and was given a lot of antibiotics. More recently, we discovered that I am allergic to many of them. The doctor told my mum that my stomach pains, skin rashes and high temperatures were caused by the infection, but it's clear now that it was the antibiotics causing it. I don't take them any more, but if I had a very serious infection I would certainly consider it.

Now that you mention it, I had a few ear infections when I was younger.

GA

I find the concept so odd that a milk allergy can cause inner ear infections...

Dang, Scoots.

Speaking of ammoxocylin, I used to love that stuff so much that once I went into the fridge when I was about 3, got the bottle, and (don't ask me how I got it open with a supposedly child-proof cap) drank half the bottle. And then I just put it back in the fridge and oddly enough my mother was none the wiser, and I didn't get sick or anything.

I told her about it when I was about 16 and she freaked out and said if she had known at the time, she would have taken me to the ER and had my stomach pumped. (I am really glad I didn't tell her.)

Sophist,

I think that the poll should have two extra questions:
1) not any of the three choices
2) don´t know, because not told about

I am one of twins (non-identical) and was born a month early. Mum didn't know there was two of us until she had an x-ray just before we were born! I had a low birth weight and stayed in hospital longer than my sister.
The only significant illness when I was a baby, was pneumonia when I was nine months old. However, Mum noticed "differences" before that, when I was six months old.

Nicolai, yes, looking back I realize that would have been good to have added. (And I thought I was being thorough! lol.)

I was born approximately 6 weeks prematurely... the exact date is unknown, because my mum didn't know she was pregnant with me until about 6 weeks before i was born... i was born the day before she was due to have her first antenatal class

She hadn't bothered using contraception because she had been told by a doctor that she was infertile... why i'm not sure, but could have been something to do with having been anaemic and underweight at that time (i'm chronically underweight too, so i think that's a genetic metabolism thing).

I was in an incubator for a while after being born and they had to use forceps to get me out because i wouldn't come out naturally once labour had started (which i have heard linked to brain damage)... not sure which of your categories to put that in?

I have wondered if my AS might be in part due to damage at birth... i'm pretty sure it's at least part genetic because i see traits in my mum, dad and brother (although probably not enough to get them a full blown AS diagnosis) that are "intensified" in me, but it's possible that it was "worsened" past the point of actually meriting an AS diagnosis rather than just mild traits by the circumstances of my birth... so it's interesting to read that so many other aspies had natal/perinatal difficulties...

Well my parent's told me that I got something stuck in my throat when I was born and had to spend a week in intensive care.

I was born by c-section because apparently I insisted on trying to come out feet first. They say I was an alert baby, always wanting to be part of whatever was going on. I had exzema and food allergies from pretty early on, not sure the exact date. I also had a lot of ear infections. Other than that, the only info I have is a few stories, like screaming when my cousins tried to play with me, and being able to read, and write my name, before I talked.

I don't know of any complications with my Mother, as I am adopted, however, I was not wanted and doctors believe that babies know that in the womb, so I definitely "knew" I wasn't wanted by my own mother and this can have a profound affect on children.

I also have asthma and allergies and suffered from pneumonia and ear infections all through adolesence.

Tallgirl.

According to the DR, I was born a healthy baby, just came out with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck. They all remarked that I came covered in hair, and even put it on my birth certificate. I had an afro/braides all throughout childhood, and wore them busta rhymes style until I was two.

My parents noticed delayed speech, as I didn't utter a word until I was nearly 4. They all enrolled in sign language class, and enrolled me in a special school for the deaf/mute until I uttered my first words. My brother commented that I just opened my mouth and began talking....and haven't shut up ever since.

After which, I developed asthma and allergies which remain with me until today. I was severly severe asthmatic for the longest, but the symptoms are much better now. I basically had no childhood with the exception of what I could watch on tv or what videogames I could play. My youth was basically a collection of Nintendo and Sega Videogames with the odd book and game and watch thrown in.

Pretty much like everyone else here.

i was delivered via C-section. i also had a milk allergy as a toddler but grew out of it. i've also had bad migraines since infancy. oh and i was really flexible ever since i was a baby, they thought i had this condition...don't remember what it was called, but mom said that i was diagnosed wrongly and it was just cuz i was so bendy, heh.

All I know is that my Grandmother said
that when she got me I didn't speak,
didn't even crawl, my mother was on
welfare, my mother never took me
out of the crib.

I remember a old black & white photo.
I was not pleased! She was pointing at
the camera.

I remember a picture at my Aunt Ruths
retirement home room. It was a young
Anita, and my sister.

We were dark secrets until 2(me) and 3(sister)
from our Grandmother as well.

It was the valiance of our Grandmother that
really made a difference.

Sorry, I don't have much data here.