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Birth Defects Linked to Apnea
Don't recall seeing anything written about birth defects in babies born to women with untreated Sleep Apnea, but it would stand to reason that lack of oxygen to the placenta would wreak some havoc. a member brought her story to my attention:
You may be interested to know that our daughter was born with a cleft lip. The orthodontist . . . asked me on several occasions if I could think of any occasion when there could have been a lack of oxygen to the placenta during my pregnancy. I told him "no", but now years later, had I known I could have told him "yes - 30 times per hour during sleep! "
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Permalink Reply by Kath Hope www.hope2Sleep.co.uk on
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Well, I'm going to break the silence on this and admit it's 'me' Mike's talking about. What I forgot to tell Mike at the time was that our 2nd child, born 8 years later, also has problems. He didn't have the cleft lip, but suffers from being a borderline dylsexic, slight adhd, perhaps even autistic tendencies. Basically, it all comes down to 'brain confusion' with him. No wonder, seeing as his undiagnosed Mum had 30 apnea events per hour! I spoke to Mike about this, as I have lots of customers who have told me that they have children with problems (as well as a few who just couldn't have children - not sure if that's a link a well? ) - this ranges from mainly autism, but also extends to downs syndrome. Mike and I are really interested to know if any other undiagnosed Mum's gave birth to children who may have been affected by our undiagnosed sleep apnea. I do know that there is a research going on at the moment in this area, and if anyone is interested, please message me and I'll find the info to send a link. My biggest concern in this respect is that if it's true that undiagnosed OSA can affect our unborn children, then we should be lobbying for testing for pregnant women - or ideally, women who are considering pregnancy. The advice I was given regarding our daughter, is that before she considers becoming a Mum, she should be tested for sleep apnea. Problem is - nobody's listening yet so we would have to fight for this! One of my customers told me (she herself has 2 children with special needs) that when her youngest child joined his new 'special needs' school, she discovered 5 other Mum's there with their children who, obviously have special needs, and were all undiagnosed OSA sufferers during pregnancy. Food for thought.....
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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Kath has your youngest had a sleep study? If not it might be a good idea.
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No. The ENT surgeon we saw from him wouldn't take me seriously and patronised me with his comment, "my dear, sleep apnea is not hereditary." Very frustrating!!
Rock Hinkle said:Kath has your youngest had a sleep study? If not it might be a good idea.
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It is time for a new doc Kath. I am at work far away from home, so i do not have access to my research folder. 60% of all children diagnosed with ADHD have undiagnosed sleep problems. The studies are here on sleepguide I believe.
Kath Hope www.hope2Sleep.co.uk said:No. The ENT surgeon we saw from him wouldn't take me seriously and patronised me with his comment, "my dear, sleep apnea is not hereditary." Very frustrating!!
Rock Hinkle said:Kath has your youngest had a sleep study? If not it might be a good idea.
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Thanks, but it's not that easy over here as we first have to go to our family doc (who's very good + keen on learning about OSA), then he refers us on to an ENT, who then makes the decision. If I ever get my hands on some testing equipment, I shall test both my kids myself LOL. By the way, I did pay a private company, who took the money then told me they don't deal with children GRR
Rock Hinkle said:It is time for a new doc Kath. I am at work far away from home, so i do not have access to my research folder. 60% of all children diagnosed with ADHD have undiagnosed sleep problems. The studies are here on sleepguide I believe.
Kath Hope www.hope2Sleep.co.uk said:No. The ENT surgeon we saw from him wouldn't take me seriously and patronised me with his comment, "my dear, sleep apnea is not hereditary." Very frustrating!!
Rock Hinkle said:Kath has your youngest had a sleep study? If not it might be a good idea.
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