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Name: lynda
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i have a 10 year old autistic daughter and now my other daughter is due to have her baby and i was wondering if she could have a autistic baby
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Name: aldam2 | Date: Mar 22nd, 2007 10:57 PM
Hi there is no evidence that autism is hereditry, I have 4 children the eldest is autistic but the others all seem fine. Try not to worry Im sure your grandchild will be fine and if god forbid the worst does happen you will maybe able to spot it early and get help quickly. Im sure everthing will be fine I know its a worrying time I was 8 and half months pregnant when I got my 9yr old diagnoised and I was terrified my baby may have it too!!!! But thankfully shes fine. Good luck hope this helps xx 

Name: rachtwins | Date: Mar 23rd, 2007 6:19 AM
yes, they have recently discovered its genetic. 

Name: lynda | Date: Mar 23rd, 2007 4:52 PM
thank you aldam2 for writing back do u think my daughter should let the midwife know she has a autistic sister or not 

Name: mtene5 | Date: Mar 23rd, 2007 5:37 PM
who recently discovered autism is genetic rachtwins? I was just curious because I have not heard anything leading to a conclusion that autism is genetic so I was wondering which THEY you are talking about.

Unfortunatly Lynda I think having an autistic child is something that all pregnant woman should worry about because of the amount of autism now but not because your other daughter is autistic. 

Name: lynda | Date: Mar 23rd, 2007 5:54 PM
mtene5 thank you for writing back im just so worryed coz my 10 year old autistic daughter also has treple x syndrome . and i hope my granchild will be fine coz it hard for me and i wouldnt like to see my daughter go through what iv have 

Name: mtene5 | Date: Mar 23rd, 2007 11:07 PM
I have five children and i am pregnant even though I have two autistic children i have continued to live my life the way i would have before my children were diagnosed, besides the special schools and extra therapies. I do believe that treple x is a freak chromosonal abnormality, not hereditary, like my oldest son who was born with one hand. I never wondered if my other children would only have one hand. I'm sure your daughter's baby will be fine. I worry about my six month old baby being autistic and I worry about my unborn child being autistic but if I think about it every second of everyday I will drive myself crazy. one thing is for certain, i am not going to let my fear of autism determine if i will have more children or not and despite having a sister with autism your daughter, just like me, has every right to have as many children as she would like. 


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