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Post by ValerieC on Oct 16, 2006 21:03:44 GMT -5
This has really turned into a humorous thread. Thanks for the giggles!!!
Valerie C
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Post by Emilysmom on Oct 17, 2006 8:10:14 GMT -5
Kelly, I just noticed your comment about sharing my "empty nest" fears. Honestly, one of my very first reactions when we were told that Emily had Down syndrome was thinking "wow.......now I have a child who will always be with me"!!! It showed how much I didn't understand about how independent persons with Down syndrome can be..........but hey, it gave me comfort at that time!!! But, just to be on the safe side, we had one more child after Em. Jordan used to say he was going to stay home with us forever. That's before he discovered GIRLS!
I remember asking my mother-in-law years ago (when our oldest was about 3) how she handled letting her kids grow up and move out. It was beyond my imagination at that time. She just smiled and said "Susan...........that's what the teenage years are for"!
Susan
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Post by Connie on Oct 17, 2006 9:03:42 GMT -5
Well, I want to say I started young but we all know that is not true . I was 26 when I had my first and 34 with my last surprise. There is 21 months between my 1st and 2nd, 28 months between 2nd and 3rd and 25 months between 3rd and 4th. I don't know if you consider that close or not!! I got pregnant with 3 of mine in the spring and one on a ski trip ;D Connie
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Post by cindylou on Oct 17, 2006 19:11:59 GMT -5
I was 27 when I had Kaylee-she was my first. Fertility issues made it take 5 years to get her--didn't want to go with fertility drugs or intervention so just worked on it the good old fashioned way-certainly made my husband happy. .
When Kaylee was 1 1/2 I became pregnant with Emma (while living with the in-laws, sleeping in my husbands childhood bed....a little embarrassing..). When Kaylee and Emma were 10 and 8 I was surprised to find I was pregnant again and this time it was Sam. I was 37. The ds came first pregnancy, youngish mom. No others with ds yet. My dad's a red head. I have freckles. Does that mean something??? LOL
Scott has Alzheimer's (sp) on his side of the family and supposedly if you have that you will find ds somewhere in the next couple of generations. Don't know if that's true. I don't know about Alzheimer on my side because the grandparents all died of drug (cigarettes) or alcohol related illness's. Isn't that lovely? cindy
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Post by Alice on Oct 17, 2006 19:33:10 GMT -5
Hi girls, That is funny, because I am one who is from the statistics: I had Luke at my 40, he is my 3rd child and all my kids have 8-9 years apart.
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Post by Debbie on Oct 17, 2006 20:34:24 GMT -5
I have red in my hair too, but most of it is brown. I have freckles too and I am left handed. I don't meet too many who are left handed but there alot of us out there I know. ;D
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Post by momofrussell on Oct 17, 2006 20:38:51 GMT -5
Let's see.... I was 25 when I had Regan, 30 when I had Russell and 33 when I had Reece. I AM left handed though.. so maybe that does account for something? LOL Reece is left handed too.... should I start preparing her now for when she has her child w/DS? ;D ;D ;D
I remember my friends and even a few people I met, while pregnant with Russell commenting on "oh, your young!" (after the DS DX) to me and yes, I at that point thought the same thing! It makes you aware that it's anybody's game! ;D
Cindy that is very interesting about the Alzhiemer's stuff.
Oh.. and Susan, I can SO relate on that teenage comment!!!! LOL
A.
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Post by cindylou on Oct 17, 2006 21:59:37 GMT -5
Debbie- I am not left handed but both Kaylee and Emma are. Kaylee actually uses both for writing, but her printing with her left hand is much nicer. Weird, huh? When we were little my brothers were both left-handed but they would get in trouble for it. My dad actually tried to force them to use their right hand. Somehow he thought being left handed was just WRONG!!! 'Course that was almost 40 years ago so I'm sure people have evolved!! My brother who was the most left handed (sports and everything) actually turned out to be a excellent police officer and now a detective for the department--and I think the left-handedness has been linked to being a bit more detail oriented. 'Course that would not prove true for Kaylee. I myself am clearly a right hander because I am NOT A DETAIL PERSON. note to Jeff- I never put the mustard back in the same spot....drives my husband nuts...or the car keys..tax papers..etc/.
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Post by Debbie on Oct 17, 2006 22:15:23 GMT -5
Cindylou,
A Sunday School teacher I had once when I was little tried to change me from being left handed to right handed. She was teaching me to write right handed. No matter how I tried I couldn't do it. Anyway, I told Mom and she got so mad that she went and told off that lady. She had said there wasn't anything wrong with me being left handed. Yes, my Mother is a lefty too. ;D
I am very detailed orriented. Too much so, sometimes. It is just the way I am though. I can't change that. I am comfortabled being left handed now but back then everything was for the right handed people. For example, I had difficulty writing on the desks at school. Writing on paper was hard especially if the paper didn't have lines. I was often stared at because I wrote on the desks left handed. I do everything left handed too except for the drink being on the right side when I am eating. I can't figure that out. ;D
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Post by cindylou on Oct 18, 2006 0:22:16 GMT -5
That's funny Debbie--same thing my brother went through. People thinking being left-handed was wrong!! Just make me laugh out loud! The only reason I wished my kids weren't is because of the ink marks Emma gets on her hand from dragging it through the writing...She's figure out a way to avoid that. Did you know that left handed people are in more accidents? Something about everything in the car being geared towards right handed people.. I wish I was a little more detail oriented...maybe I'll work on that after the New Year... I do officially have a spot for the keys that we mutually agreed on in our house. Top drawer on the island-small container to through car keys in..now he's happy...it only took 18 years... ;D cindy
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Post by laurasnowbird on Oct 18, 2006 7:20:08 GMT -5
Hmmm, I had my first baby early, I was only 23. Victoria took a little longer, I was 35, then Ethan came along when I was 38 and had DS, and we had Aidan when I was two weeks shy of 43, and he doesn't have DS.
Gotta say though, Nick is left-handed, Ethan is clearly left-handed (for most things), and it is looking as if Aidan may be left-handed. My daughter is not. Freaky, huh?
And Cindy, I can seriously relate to the family dying off due to cigarettes and alcohol. None of my dad's side lived long enough to develop Alzheimers. My father died just before Thanksgiving last year, and he was only 65. His quality of life for the last 5 years or so of his life was awful, because his lung capacity was below 10%. My Dad was the youngest, and out of 9 other aunts and uncles, I have only one left. The others have been gone for years!
Susan, we had the same thought about Ethan. Rod doesn't want ANY of the kids to grow up and move out, and even the teenage years didn't turn Nick into an unpleasant kid. At 20 he still lives at home while he goes to college and work, and I LOVE it that way! I do take comfort in the fact that while Ethan will probably live at least somewhat independently, he will probably never move far from us. Whew!
I think some of these researchers are ummmm, creative with their statistics. Like someone else said, I have a child with DS, and no one asked me, LOL!
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Post by Pat on Oct 18, 2006 7:51:33 GMT -5
I have one righty, one lefty, & one (John-John) who still, at 7 can't decide One of my brothers & I, although right-handed, are that way too. I couldn't open a jar with my right hand if my life depended on it. Our mom kept introducing the pencil to our right hand because we couldn't decide. Pat
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Post by Jessie on Oct 18, 2006 8:40:27 GMT -5
OMG, you guys are too funny. I had read the original post and was trying to catch up going, where did this whole left-handed, red-haired, with freckles thing come into the statistics??? LOL
Jason's mother does not have red hair and I don't know about the left-handed thing. She was in her early thirties when she had him.
I think the Alzheimer's statistics come from the mother's side, doesn't it?
Also, wasn't there some other study about Ds being more prevalant in women whose mother was older when they had them . . . something like that, and pretty much everyone on here was the opposite? Crazy stuff.
Jessie
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Post by Cathy on Oct 18, 2006 13:46:45 GMT -5
Jessie, In my sad attempt at humor, I created the monster. But its been fun. Sorry if I hijacked the original intent. Hugs to you all. Cathy LOL... I think you are right, There are so many statistics out there it can boggle your mind. Sometimes I wonder if there are more children with DS born to left handed mothers with red hair and freckles, who are conceived on day/night with a full moon??? Anyone know? LOL Cathy
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Post by ValerieC on Oct 18, 2006 20:22:03 GMT -5
Cathy,
Look what your humor led too! More humor! I love it! It's so important to have a sense of humor espcially when dealing with life.
Jessie,
First I heard of those statistics. Let's see, for the sake of keeping the statistics post going... my grandmother on my mom's side died of complications to Alzheimers, however, my mom was 22 when she had me. So the age of my mother doesn't work for us.
Hmmmm....anyone ever really think it's just a random thing. I know I've stated this before, but truly believe that God gave Alethea to us just the way she is for a specific purpose and reason. I'm not trying to start anything, I know many of you completely disagree with me. I get that! Just my thoughts after a busy day...
Valerie C
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