Inducing labor may be tied to autism, study says

[Anonymous]

I've had 4 kids. The first was 3 days past due, and a natural, precipitous labor (3cm to 10cm in half an hour- ouch!). He has Aspergers.

My next three were all induced on their due dates and have no ASD issues. The only strictly medical issue the first had was FPIES, which he outgrew around 19 months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The abstract of the study suggests that the connection is likely that certain factors both make induced labor more likely and make autism more likely, not that induced labor leads to autism.

Yes, that is what I took away from the article as well.

This is also the conclusion that many articles about SSRI use are coming to - the underlying condition makes issues more likely, not the drugs used to treat the condition.

Could anyone please link to such an article about depression/ssri's? I am very interested.

[Anonymous]

Both my children were induced, only one has an ASD. Previous generation with ASDs not induced.

[Anonymous]

My DS with ASD was induced. He is just like his father and grandpa who were not induced. In our case, induction has nothing to do with ASD.

[Anonymous]

Since a PP mentioned the anorexia/autism story, I looked it up and immediately laughed out loud at this quote:

"The finding suggests the two conditions may share certain features, such as rigid attitudes and behaviors, a tendency to be very self-focused and a fascination with detail, the researchers said."

Ugh, you had to do a study to figure this out? It's pretty obvious that someone with anorexia would also have rigid attitudes and behaviors, be self-focused and be detail-focused.

The issue of scoring lower on empathy was surprising to me, but I wonder if that is related to the disease of anorexia and something that disappears if one recovers -- for example, someone with anorexia must REALLY care what others things of them, but at the same time, they may judge others harshly for not being able to control themselves, since they work so hard to control themselves.

I had anorexia in my late teens, but I have always considered myself a very empathetic person, and most people I know would agree. I know it's just anecdotal, but I feel like I ended up being anorexic in part because of my concern about others rather than lack of concern. I was very rigid at the time and judged others, but after having recovered, I feel like I am much more empathetic and always try to understand someone else's perspective and feel for them.

[Anonymous]

I went into labor naturally 7 days overdue and had a homebirth with no interventions and my dc has autism. No family history of autism on either side.

[Anonymous]

And I forgot to mention, everything I read while pregnant said that the fetus' brain sends the chemical signal to the mothers body to being the labor process. SO since autism is neurological, there could be a connection in that a fetus without normal neurological development does not send the right chemical signal to the mother to get labor started --->she is induced.

[Anonymous]

I was induced with my first child and no autism. My dr put pressure on me to induce on my due date. The whole experience was terrible and very hard on my body. It took me so long to recover. My next two kids I refused to induce and the labor was so much better and less stressful on me physically. I often wondered though if induction was so hard on me if it could effect babies in anyway. I would never recommend induction to anyone unless there was an absolute medical reason for it.

[Anonymous]

Pp here- my dc was a girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The abstract of the study suggests that the connection is likely that certain factors both make induced labor more likely and make autism more likely, not that induced labor leads to autism.

Yes, that is what I took away from the article as well.

This is also the conclusion that many articles about SSRI use are coming to - the underlying condition makes issues more likely, not the drugs used to treat the condition.

Could anyone please link to such an article about depression/ssri's? I am very interested.

I heard this from my psychiatrist.

[Anonymous]

DS was born at 37 weeks 0 days. Natural labor, eventual C-section, but zero Pitocin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since a PP mentioned the anorexia/autism story, I looked it up and immediately laughed out loud at this quote:

"The finding suggests the two conditions may share certain features, such as rigid attitudes and behaviors, a tendency to be very self-focused and a fascination with detail, the researchers said."

Ugh, you had to do a study to figure this out? It's pretty obvious that someone with anorexia would also have rigid attitudes and behaviors, be self-focused and be detail-focused.

The issue of scoring lower on empathy was surprising to me, but I wonder if that is related to the disease of anorexia and something that disappears if one recovers -- for example, someone with anorexia must REALLY care what others things of them, but at the same time, they may judge others harshly for not being able to control themselves, since they work so hard to control themselves.

I had anorexia in my late teens, but I have always considered myself a very empathetic person, and most people I know would agree. I know it's just anecdotal, but I feel like I ended up being anorexic in part because of my concern about others rather than lack of concern. I was very rigid at the time and judged others, but after having recovered, I feel like I am much more empathetic and always try to understand someone else's perspective and feel for them.

+1

[Anonymous]

Ds1 was 10 days post term and induced. He has severe ADHD combined and sensory issues.

Ds2 was born naturally on my due date and has mild ADHD inattentive.

[Anonymous]

DS 1 was born 10 days overdue, and I was induced after labor did not start 24 hours after water breaking. He has moderate/severe ADHD
DD 2 was born 2 days early via c section for breech, labor did not start several hours after water breaking. No ADHD, but speech issues, perhaps tied to low birth weight (<5 lbs).

[Anonymous]

I had 3 induced labors for preeclampsia, two were before 37 weeks. 2 of my kids have ASD, the third does not. Obviously there was a medical indication to induce.