[tri-med] Re: back pain

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From: "Jude Wolpert"
>>my guilt
> thing makes me reveal i smoked like a fiend when i was pregnant with kam

I smoked with all mine :-(( None of my children had asthma or any bronchial 
problems whatsoever.
And with Alex I did "drugs" too (see my previous post). Of course when he 
was born and had problems the nurses on the ward where I had been an 
inpatient for months took great delight in telling me that his problems were 
all my fault - I should have been "stronger" and not been a "drug addict". i 
think they were seriously disappointed when I had no withdrawals.

However I would have liked to see them if they had had to put up with what I 
did during my pregnancy AND the contractions.
Of course I was guilt ridden and when I finally got Alex's diagnosis it was 
one of the first questions I asked - was it due to the medications I took 
during the pregnancy or the medications I was on when I fell pregnant. The 
answer has always been a resounding no. In fact the medications that I was 
on when I fell pregnant should have never allowed the placenta to attach and 
if it did they should have made it separate at some stage resulting in a 
miscarriage. (the medications were ergotamine and Deseril).
I was fearful the entire pregnancy because I was taking medications when I 
fell (I wasnt expecting to fall pregnant and had in fact been told it was 
impossible for me to fall pregnant). With my daughters I always came off my 
regular medications when I was planning to fall pregant. The guilts will 
always be there I suppose, but truly there is no evidence that they caused 
Alex's problems. I am however very curious about a possible migraine link to 
trisomy. Many mothers I have met over the years have also suffered migraines 
during their T-18 pregnancy. Usually we migraine sufferers like being 
pregnant because our migraines stop whilst we are carrying. While that was 
the case with my daughters, it wasnt with Alex - in fact with Alex they 
exacerbated beyond anything I had ever endured before or since. Do we 
produce different hormones when carrying our triers?

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
                                            -- Josh Billings

Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
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 /Karen \
 \ _.--._ /
          v Karen, Mum to Alex (11 years, T-18 Mosaic)
http://members.optushome.com.au/karens


Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
                                            -- Josh Billings

Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
   _--_|\
 /Karen \
 \ _.--._ /
          v Karen, Mum to Alex (11 years, T-18 Mosaic)
http://members.optushome.com.au/karens

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