[tri-med] Re: Not a medical dictionary....

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From: "Katy Roberts" <basil1_2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Mind you I am due to have baby
> number 2 the end of November and am worried how I am
> still going to fight my sons battles and care for
> another child.

Congrats Katy and take a deep breath.................

We experienced the trier first, typical second too.

Actually, I had a miscarriage between the 2 kids.
And started wondering 'why can't I do this pregnancy thing right'. Never 
smoked, never did drugs, rarely drank....just didn't make sense.

Alex was my total focus his first 3 years.....working with him, learning how 
he worked and what made him tick, exploring (without the Internet) ways to 
help him along.....nearly drove myself into the loony bin.

While pregnant with Molly I really didn't fret much until the last 
month....and then the 'what if something is wrong with this baby too' crept 
in now and then........but it wasn't the total focus of my day.

I can say that having Molly was one of the best things for Alex we could 
have done (not that I recommend having a child for that reason!).

She motivated him in ways nothing and nobody had done before (even with the 
strides he made when I went back to work 2 days per week and he went to an 
in-home daycare--the advancements he made in a different environment with 
peer modeling were wonderful).

Alex wanted to keep up with 'the baby'.......things we'd not been able to 
get him to do Molly did......just by developing normally.

It is hard not to worry about all the what ifs, the how will I and the what 
will happen thoughts.
So hang in there and keep on truckin'.  :0)

Michelle mom to Alex (20, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (16)
Michigan USA 


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