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Originally Posted by Altair

Not that you're soliciting opinions here, but I hear you blaming yourself for your child's autism and I just had to jump in! I am a teacher for students with ASDs and have post-grad certification in Autism. There is just *no* proof period that any of those things could have caused your son to have an ASD, and as an anecdote... my students run the full range of vaxed or not, fed organic or not, no TV or addicted to video games, antibiotics throughout childhood or perfect health, etc. They seem to have the same ranges as all our other students. And every single one of their parents agonizes over what they did *wrong.* There's no snowball, you either have it or you don't your brain works that way or it doesn't and there's not much Mom can do to have changed that.

I hope this is taken in the light it was intended-- gently and wanting you to let go of some guilt! You did everything right with your son, and you're doing everything right with your daughter now!

Thank you for this post. My son is on the spectrum and he was homebirthed, not vaccinated or circumcised, cloth diapered, exclusively breastfed for his first 8 months and nursed until age 3 yrs 9 months, fed vegetarian organic food, etc etc. It's who he is and while he may learn coping skills, he will always be who he is.

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Thanks for the ideas for PCOS. I'll try those.

As far as the autism response, I know each child is different, but I also know my child. There may not be studies to prove one causation or the other, but I don't need proof from an outside source.

OK, the heart thing has scared me. No, they never checked her levels. She seemed to be less lethargic for the first two days, then she seemed more jaundiced. I'll ask about that though...

Thanks!