I haven't seen much research on this, but my wife was telling me about an article that was trying to link autism with preeclampsia. We had a conversation about this, and it got me wondering. My wife had severe preeclampsia, so my son had to be born 10 weeks early via emergency c-section. He weighed 2 lb. 11 oz. at birth. He was born so early that his esophagus hadn't connected to his stomach yet, and he had to be fed intravenously for the first 2 months of his life until he gained enough weight to safely be operated on. But first he was separated from his mother and relocated 2 hours away cuz the hospital he was born at had lost their anesthesiologist. We were all relocated for two months, and this right after moving. He was hooked up with wires and tubes for his first 2 months of existence. A couple times he stopped breathing and turned blue...it was one of the scariest things we'd ever witnessed! He was finally released from the NICU about 73 day later. It was the most trying time of life for everyone involved. As far as traumatic births go, it was pretty bad. If the doctor hadn't checked her blood pressure when she did, neither of them would've probably survived.
I guess genetics gotta be there first, but I hear about this article and it makes me wonder if traumatic birth experiences might not be a contributing factor too. Almost as if the autism has something to do with your nervous system fighting back against harsh and (often) unforeseen circumstances. Has anybody else here heard anything like this, or have any anecdotal evidence to support it?
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