Were you born premature?

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You've got it the wrong way. Premature birth is not a cause of AS, it is a comorbid condition. The same thing very likely applies to AD/HD. Premature birth is also a comorbid to AD/HD.

This is really self-evident. The researchers that blame premature childrens AD/HD on their premature birth must be crazy. AD/HD is a genetic condition, and so would premature birth be if it is comorbid with AD/HD.

So, I will research the connection between premature birth (and possibly inducing birth) because I think Aspies have a greater risk at giving birth to premature children. I also want to disprove the causative link by showing that premature birth is correlated with other biological differences.

I believe I was born on time but was immediately hospitalized for broncitis or something and spent the first 3 months of my life in an oxygen tent.

If you want to find a non-genetic causation that would account for the high number of prematurely born people being diagnosed with the disorder.. developing in a highly oxygenated environment perhaps?

Female. 25. Asperger's. Mild, mild TLE.
Due August 11th. Born August 17th via c-section.
APGAR scores were excellent, so little obstetric stress.
Birth weight: 8 lbs 12 ounces
Length: 21"

I was born 3 months early. I weighed 1 lb. 11 oz., had open heart surgery, and was in an incubator for the first 3 1/2-4 months of my life.

nope.

I was two weeks late, same as every school assignment I've ever done.

Hmmm. Could lateness be a sign...?

I was about 4 weeks premature.

I was quite premature

I was four weeks early. I read an article in the newspaper today about a baby who was born four months early and survived and is now a healthy two year old.

About 3 weeks premature for me. Hardly anything to be all that alarmed about

I was born a cople of days late, but the doctors were concerned as i had stopped growing earlier than usual.