How I Gave My Son Autism. We’re rerunning this blog because of the recent news that a CDC researcher has come forward to say that he and his colleagues committed fraud in a 2. MMR vaccines and autism. Midnight Sun (2017) Movie Divx on this page. The concepts of reconciliation and absolution are completely ingrained in me. I grew up going to confession at a beautiful monastery where Father Francis, an elderly monk, held my hand as we walked the grounds, and I asked for forgiveness for my transgressions.
Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore. With Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Susan Sarandon. Amy, Carla, and Kiki struggle to cope when their respective mothers.
I always felt great relief and unconditional love after our time together. My spiritual beliefs have evolved and changed over the years, but the idea of forgiveness is still critical to how I walk through life. There are things I have done for which I know God forgives me. However, I’m pretty sure that I will never forgive myself, for my transgressions are embodied in a beautiful seven- year- old who tells me daily that I am “the best Mom in the universe.” I know the truth. And someday, so will he. All of these “unforgivable” actions were done with the best of intentions, but we all know what they say about “good intentions” and “the road to hell.” I am admitting here for all the world to see: I gave my son Autism.
And no one can ever take that away. So . I wish I could say it was one thing – one thing that I could take back that would make things neat and easy, but it wasn’t.
It was mistake after mistake, assault after assault. The following are the biggest mistakes I made to which I attribute my son’s descent into autism.
I’m going to provide links that are easily readable and understandable that contain links to the research rather than providing links to the research itself. A simple Google search about any one of these topics will provide more information than you could ever want. I was assured that they were completely safe. Heck, you can get them in malls, so I assumed they were pretty benign. While I didn’t get ultrasounds in malls, I didn’t research them either. Ultrasounds have, in fact, been implicated in autism among other neurological disorders.
While there is no definitive “causal link,” enough has been found to warrant further research and precautionary measures. I was so incredibly nauseous and it made my stomach feel better. Fast forward a few years and Coca Cola Classic was found to have one of the highest levels of mercury due to HFCS of any product tested. I didn’t eat one bite of fish during my pregnancy for fear of mercury. While I didn’t know there was mercury in the Coke, I have to be honest and admit that OF COURSE I knew that eating and drinking junk wasn’t good for my baby. Lortab/Acetaminophen while pregnant – I have Fibromyalgia. It is painful normally, but it was practically unbearable while I was pregnant.
My OB prescribed Lortab telling me that it didn’t cross the placenta and was perfectly safe. I was in so much pain that I wasn’t about to look into this further. I trusted my OB thoroughly and needed to feel better. Again, did I honestly think that this was good for the baby? After several hours of not making progress on the Pitocin drip at low levels, the hospital encouraged me to sign a waiver allowing them to increase the Pitocin to illegal levels. Now, I know this seems absurd, but at the time, I was in incredible pain and was told by hospital staff that it was perfectly safe and was used at these levels all over the country. According to them, Montana just has a very low cap on the highest level allowed.
I had Pitocin for 3. Download La Sapienza (2015) Movies here. Here is an explanation from an excellent article on that explains the potential risks associated with Pitocin: “In either induced or enhanced use of Pitocin, the blood supply, and therefore the oxygen source to the uterus, is greatly reduced. With naturally- paced contractions, there is a time interval between contractions allowing for the baby to be fully oxygenated before the next contraction.
In induced or enhanced labor, the contractions are closer together and last for a longer time, thus shortening the interval where the baby receives the oxygen supply. Reduced oxygen to the baby in labor has life- long consequences on the baby’s brain function.”5) C- Section – George Malcolm Morley, OB/GYN has done extensive research regarding C- Sections and autism and has concluded that, “A baby born by C- section is 3- 4 times more likely to have autism.” His theory is that it is probably due to ICC (immediate cord clamping) and there are really good reasons to think he may be right. It is easy to see how a combination of all of the above could have a negative impact. Because I had made the bad decisions about the ultrasounds that led to the bad decision about the Pitocin that led to labor trauma, I ultimately had to have an emergency C- section. I can’t believe that there are so many women who choose to deliver via C- section for cosmetic reasons – I won’t elaborate on this one.
I really wanted a natural childbirth. My husband and I took the classes; we practiced at home. Thirty- six hours of drug- induced hell, and I still ended up with a C- section. And not just a regular C- section: it was such an emergency that I had to be anesthetized via general anesthesia, even though I had an epidural in place. Antibiotics – Oh boy. Where to begin? I have so many mixed feelings about antibiotics.
Here is what I know: My son was exposed to antibiotics while he was in distress during labor. He was then exposed for the first two weeks of his life via breast milk. He then received five courses of antibiotics before he was a year old for chronic ear infections. While this is bad cumulatively, the one event that stands out for me, and literally makes me feel sick, was a single dose of Augmentin when he was six months old. At his six- month “well” visit, he was diagnosed with his second ear infection. He received vaccinations for seven different diseases despite being ill, and we left with a prescription for Amoxicillin.
Six days later, he had developed an upper respiratory infection and the ear infection was worse. Because the Amoxicillin hadn’t worked, the pediatrician prescribed a course of Augmentin. After one dose of this drug and within 2. The skin literally peeled off of his bottom in sheets. I had never seen anything like it at that time, and I haven’t since. The pain that he was in was beyond description. I called the doctor and she changed the antibiotic to yet a different kind.
So he had three different types of antibiotics in his system within eight days. This episode was the biggie. His gut was never the same after that.
Nothing was. Here is what everyone should know about Augmentin: Augmentin has been implicated in autism. When it is manufactured, the clavulanic acid is fermented which involves large amounts of urea/ammonia. Even a small amount of ingested ammonia can potentially cause gut and brain inflammation. I strongly urge you to do your homework before using this drug. If you will notice in this link, this study was released in January of 2.
My son was prescribed Augmentin in January of 2. This was never mentioned when I was handed the prescription. However, if I had been a Thinker back then, I could have quickly Googled “Augmentin and autism,” and I would have made a very different decision. Vaccines – I really don’t even know what to say about vaccines other than to say that if I had it to do over again, my children wouldn’t have received a single one. Of everything I did wrong, if I could have my pick of one thing to take back, it would be the shots. No question. Shortly after my son turned three, we left the idiot pediatrician that led me down this trail of terror.
The new MD looked at my son’s blood work and heavy metals testing and informed me unequivocally that my son was vaccine injured and that he had never been a candidate for immunization. She said that because of my fibromyalgia and the fact that autoimmune disease and digestive disorders are pervasive across both sides of our family, he never should have been vaccinated.