Poll – was your child born early/late?

[Anonymous]

I’m so glad you posted this Amy. I’ve been wondering all this myself.

Claire was a week and a day late. She was 9 lbs. 2 oz., and yes, I pushed her out!!! Talk about labor! I had an epidural though after getting stuck at 6 cenimeters for hours!!! I had gestational diabetes with her, so my diet was very limited. I always wondered if that was a factor until..

Ben was born a week and a day early! No diabetes with him, so I ate everything I wanted. He has reflux too, worse than his sister. He was 8lbs. 5 oz. and was born with no epidural. OUCH!

We don’t have a history of any food issues or reflux on either side of the family. I’ve wondered if the maternal age was an issue too. I was 27 with her and 30 with him. Who knows….

[Anonymous]

I just saw this thread…very interesting, I’ve been wondering “why” Dagney has this too. My husband has acid reflux, but only for the last few years, one of my nephews was on Nutramigen when he was a baby 8 years ago, my sister said he didn’t have reflux, but I’m not so sure. Other than that, no one else in any other generation has/had it…although my oldest sister was “colicky” as a baby, so maybe this is what she had…she’s also lactose intollerant now, so maybe there’s a connection.

Dagney was born 1 week late, by emergency c-section. I was in labor for 24 hours, the ptocin was cranked up so high that I was getting contractions every minute, but the little bugger was coming down crooked, hitting my cervix at an angle, and actually making it swell up smaller!! She looked like she’d been in a fight when she came out, the whole left side of her face was smooshed in and her nose was all pushed over. I had very serious complications after it, but I know they have nothing to do with the GERD!

[Anonymous]

This was just a *friendly conversation* with our specialist after Carson was born and we were discussing reflux: I asked if Carson were a girl, would *she* still reflux and he said that studies have shown no difference between girls/boys. I then said, if we have a 4th would that child have reflux and he said that the more children you have with reflux, the chances are much greater that your next will have it. I said what is causing it?! He said that in the midwest it is much more prevalent. There is some study being done in Omaha, NE. He said that he wonders about the medications we are giving the beef/pork we are eating and the pesticides that are on the plants that we eat. He said there is something to be said about having a stronger immune system when your body is exposed to beef/pork/chicken that has not been over-immunized. He said there is quite a relationship between MSPI and reflux – and that says to him something about the food supply we are now eating because reflux and MSPI are becoming much more prevalent and MSPI is lasting longer. Makes sense to me.

TnBEich2007-2-26 22:19:5

[Anonymous]

I was a fussy, colicky baby that screamed for hours daily until I was 9 months old. Dh was a “happy spitter” for most of his first year. On top of that, I have several environmental allergies and am allergic to soy, peanuts, and raw apples. So, our kids won the genetic lottery.

I went into labor with Kaelyn on my 33rd birthday. Or, I should say my water broke and they spent 24 hours trying to get my body to actually go into labor. They finally ended up doing a C-section because they were worried about my water having been broken for so long. She was 4 days early.

With Alexandra, my placenta detached, so she was born by C-section 4 weeks early. I think that being premature caused Alex to have feeding issues (she had no interest in eating, she just wanted to sleep), but that the reflux is entirely related to genetics.

I tried to watch my diet the second time around and Alex’s reflux was less severe than Kaelyn’s, so maybe it made a difference. My guess is that it was just luck.

[Anonymous]

That’s very interesting Brenda, my ped was saying last time we chatted that most conferences dealing with infant/child reflux are typically held in the midwest and east coast because that is where the higher number of cases are. I know we are the only child being treated for this at our pharm. And I’ve rarely seen anybody from the pacific northwest on this site. So maybe this new study may shine some light on this?

[Anonymous]

It makes me sad that so many of us want to blame ourselves. I get that question all the time. What do you think caused his reflux? All I know is I did nothing wrong. I actually talked to a lady that was a coke addict and didn’t know she was pregnant. Her baby had reflux. She asked me if I did drugs too. She actully thought my babies had reflux because she thought I did drugs. I did my best to explain it to her. My answer of course, was NO I DIDN”T DO DRUGS! I wish I knew why our babies got reflux. I wish I knew how to prevent it. It is just so sad.

Anyway, Luke was born 2 weeks early after my water being broken for 3 days. He was induced and pulled out by a vaccum. Justice was born on his due date, at home, natural no drugs, and 13 hrs labor. As different as two births can be. I have very mild reflux and my father in law has reflux. I never knew I had reflux until I was pregnant with my first son. It really doesn’t bother me that much except when I’m pregnant and then it’s killer.

[Anonymous]

Quinn was induced 3 days early. Also for no apparent reason other than my doctor was due to have her baby the week after and I wanted her to deliver Q. Quinn had reflux from birth too. Father’s family history is unknown because he was adopted.

-Sarah

[Anonymous]

Brenda, That is interesting to me too because Quinn’s daddy grew up in Omaha. I lived there for years before I had Q. But I’ve never been much of a meat eater. I spent my pregnancy in Cali though, and Q was also born here and has spent most of her life here. Also, I was extremely colicky when I was a kid and it lasted until I was able to crawl, is what my parents said. I think they may have been dealing with reflux with me when I was a baby. They said that I needed soy formula and everything, but I got better, Quinn hasn’t.

I like this thread and I like to see where there may be connections to reflux and family history or even birth stories. I noticed that many of us were induced or our babies were premature. That’s quite a coincidence to say the least.

-Sarah

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