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  1. Little worried about this article. Too often we blame the mother when something is 'wrong' with the child. You are reporting a 'correlation', not hard evidence, and a 'baby born with autism'. In my experience, most cases won't be diagnosed or even suspected/detected until the child is a toddler or older. Between 1st trimester and toddler-hood there are many exposures to many things that can be related to autism.
    The simple truth is that we don't know what causes autism.
    Worrying pregnant mothers won't help. If there are concerns about medication those concerns need to be addressed on an individual bases together with a care provider or care team.

    1. Very disappointed about this correlation being published. Then again their is no such thing as bad news as long as it gets a response, right? As if mom's don't feel guilty enough. Cornelia responded to this article very well. I second the "Amen"!

    2. The primary job of "care providers" nowadays is pushing pills. Since SSRIs cross the placenta advising pregnant women to avoid taking them seems perfectly reasonable.

  2. I would like to know on the flip side how that group of medicines effect if the father is taking those meds.- thanks!

  3. Anti-depressants are not without dangers. That is what this article is saying. There is risk of danger to the fetus with almost ANYTHING a mother ingests. This article is simply saying the same holds firm with anti-depressants. But alas there is hope and there are other ways to treat depression for those nine months!! Sunlight, Exercise, Vitamin D are a few of the FREE ways to treat depression.
    I have depression and have been pharma free for three years now. I've never been clearer in my life.

  4. I have a 22 year old on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum (mildly Aspie). I suffered depression in my mid-20's, but not during my pregnancy seven years later; I was offered anti-depressants but turned them down…..and eventually got through. We also need to remember that this disorder is being diagnosed far more widely than it was thirty years ago; iow is there an actual increase in numbers or have they always been there but unnoticed?
    It seems sensible though to watch one's medicine intake carefully during those nine months. Poor mums, they get the blame for many things when in reality they've usually done nothing wrong.

  5. MMR vaccine is a major culprit in causing autism….drcarley.com ………… reversingvaccineinduceddiseases.com

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