AS and Caesarean Birth

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05 Jun 2010, 2:05 pm

I was born by Caeserean Section. According to my mother, I was born during a thunder storm at a hospital that had no resident anaesthetist and had to get one from another hospital. It is this delay that is thought to be the cause of my AS; my mum says I was about two minutes away from severe autism and cerebal palsy.

This makes me wonder how many Aspies were born in this way and whether there is much correlation between Caesarean Birth and AS.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:15 pm

I've never heard about that. I was born by normal delivery myself, but it'll be interesting to see the poll after more people have voted.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:15 pm

I was born by C-section at 24 weeks gestation...not so unusual now, but 46 years ago 24-weekers did not often survive.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:19 pm

I answered for my son who was born by cesarean, a week past his due date, because he was breech.

He has autism, not AS.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:29 pm

tenzinsmom wrote:

I answered for my son who was born by cesarean, a week past his due date, because he was breech.

He has autism, not AS.

Sorry for the narrow scope. People with other ASDs and parents with kids on the spectrum should feel free to post on this thread as well.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:36 pm

Normal, with complications.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:42 pm

My mom was in labor with me for three days and I wasn't coming out, so the doctors had to resort to doing a C-section.

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05 Jun 2010, 2:52 pm

Born naturally (AS)
Oldest son born C-section (Autism)
Youngest son born C-Section (possible AS)

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05 Jun 2010, 2:53 pm

Naturally, but I should have been born by CS, because I was too big (4,5kg/10lbs).

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05 Jun 2010, 3:03 pm

My son diagnosed with Asperger's and born by C-section because of inadequate dilation.

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05 Jun 2010, 3:29 pm

C-section.

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05 Jun 2010, 3:35 pm

EnglishInvader wrote:

How would the delay cause autism? I voted for my son. He was a week overdue. At a prenatal checkup sometime after he had "dropped" the doctor stuck his hand up there and said " I've never seen this before, he's gone back up!" :lol:

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05 Jun 2010, 4:03 pm

Aimless wrote:

EnglishInvader wrote:

How would the delay cause autism?

My mum said something about me getting tangled up with the cord and suffocating myself. I don't really know about the medical details.

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05 Jun 2010, 4:44 pm

I was born by Caesarian section becuase I was in the wrong position. (I am self diagnosed AS).

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05 Jun 2010, 4:47 pm

Normal. I think my mom said that I was easier than my older brother who was also normal since I was the second one and "the birth canal has already been stretched out".

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05 Jun 2010, 4:49 pm

I was born naturally and my mom had no painkillers. My sister, a month overdue, was also born naturally.

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