ASdogGeek wrote:
Hello I was wondering if there is anyone with Aspergers syndrome or othe autism spectrum disorder who has ha a child or two. I geuss this is more a female oriented question. Did the pregnancey cause you autism symptoms to increase? Did autism have any effect on your pregnancey at all?
Ive had 2 children but I did not know I had aspergers when I was pregnant, I did not have any differences in myself apart from the usual pregnancy differences (weight gain, sore hips, needing the loo, stretch marks).
If you are planning to have children I would advise reading all the parenting books that you can as it really helps, I think Stephen Bidulphs "how to raise happy children", is the most helpful book.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Secret ... 373&sr=8-2
People really need to know about the best ways to disapline from the begining as its much harder intorducing things when the child is 3 or 4 and being naughty. Also read books on autistic children as its likely your kids will have it too (both mine do) and its helpful to have some ideas on how to make life run more smoothly (visual timetables etc).
I did prolonged breast feeding, co sleeping and baby wearing and Im sure that helped my daughters autism as a lot of the 'therapys' for autism are similar and she did not talk till she was 4 as it was, I dread to think how she would have got on if she had been bottle fed and left in a cot.