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Seems like more babies being born with serious health problems than the old days.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:32 pm
I don’t know the actual numbers (and I don’t trust government reports) but it seems like we’re having a higher occurrence of babies being born with serious, verified illnesses or defects. Maybe just anecdotal, but there’s been A LOT I know of in my local and social media circle. When my kids were born 20-25 years ago, we knew it was a possibility, but it seemed pretty rare. Nowadays it seems like an crapshoot. Anyone else notice that?
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Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:33 pm to BadTiger
Seems like the opposite to me.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:35 pm to BadTiger
It seems like a significant portion of my generation (millenials) are having children born with autism
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:37 pm to BadTiger
Social media is notorious for shoving things that garner engagement into your face. Makes is seem like every other child born is magnificently disabled. It's simply not true
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:39 pm to BadTiger
I would have said the opposite honestly, at least amongst the younger couples that I know.
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:39 pm to BadTiger
They are just able to diagnose at a younger age now…plus, there are a lot more known conditions. Word also travels a whole lot faster because of social media.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:41 pm to TRUERockyTop
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It seems like a significant portion of my generation (millenials) are having children born with autism
Maternal age over 30, and especially over 35, is a significant risk factor for ASD, along with many other birth/genetic defects.
People are waiting too long to have children these days.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:42 pm to BadTiger
25 years ago, we didn’t have social media. Also, you probably weren’t paying much attention to babies being born 25 years ago if you’re currently at the age where your circle is having kids.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:44 pm to BadTiger
-Women having kids later in life
-crap food & lifestyles
-crap food & lifestyles
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:44 pm to BadTiger
Number of issues at play here…
1-5. Social media. You hear about everything from everyone you know. You also hear about it from people you don’t know, but the brain has a hard time seperating it.
6. As anothe poster mentioned, medical technology has advanced and allowed us to diagnose the problems before the baby is born, as opposed to after the newborn baby gets sick.
1-5. Social media. You hear about everything from everyone you know. You also hear about it from people you don’t know, but the brain has a hard time seperating it.
6. As anothe poster mentioned, medical technology has advanced and allowed us to diagnose the problems before the baby is born, as opposed to after the newborn baby gets sick.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:47 pm to BadTiger
Pain med addiction that eventually caused the heroin addiction started in the mid to late 90s. Lots of addicts had kids. Im sure that plays a factor.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:54 pm to TRUERockyTop
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It seems like a significant portion of my generation (millenials) are having children born with autism
I’ve wondered about this for a long time. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Autism basically didn’t exist. I don’t think I even heard the word “autism” until the early 90s. Now it’s rampant.
What happened?!?
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:57 pm to BadTiger
I mean there’s poison in our food, what do you expect?
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:57 pm to BadTiger
The internet didn’t exist 50 years ago, sir.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:59 pm to Darth_Vader
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What happened?!?
It’s a fairly recent thing we’ve started to actually understand what it is and test on a large scale
We’ve broadened the criteria for what is considered in the spectrum
Women are giving birth much later in life
This post was edited on 9/25/24 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 9/25/24 at 9:59 pm to BadTiger
Vax babies are a pandemic now
Posted on 9/25/24 at 10:00 pm to TRUERockyTop
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It seems like a significant portion of my generation (millenials) are having children born with autism
Cast a bigger net......
Posted on 9/25/24 at 10:05 pm to el Gaucho
I’d entertain an argument that the schedule is far too aggressive.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 10:06 pm to BadTiger
Seems so. Definitely more autism.
Posted on 9/25/24 at 10:08 pm to BadTiger
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I don’t know the actual numbers (and I don’t trust government reports) but it seems
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