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Michelle Stocks (McKinstry)
AMEN Molly! I always took having kids for gratned - It would happen when I was ready! HA!!! My 1st pregnancy almost killed me - literally - I had a ruptured ectopic at 8 week and the DR told me it was gas so I bleed internally for over 36 hrs. Then I was told that I would never be able to have a baby without lots of outside help - I fooled them and had my miracle baby (Jonathan) who was born with bleeding on his brain and almost died. Thankfully he is about to turn 6 and has no lasting effects. Then after my Crohn's became very severe I was told no more children for me - SURPRISE - I was pregnant - well I miscarried in 2006 and went on to have 2 more miscarrages before I had Matthew in 2007 (he turns 1 next week). He too ended up spending time in NICU and the Peds unit.
Sorry to go on and on but I take more meds than a normal person our age should have too but with out them I would not be able to care for myself or my children. I agree that the only reason we hear about autism being on the rise is because we are smarter about the problems and can diagnose them much earlier and accurately. I am thankful for the Dr's and medical research teams - I don't want to know what my life or my son's would be like without them!
Ok - I am off my soap box now!
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