Did any of you guys have anxiety about autism while pregnant?

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This is my first baby my doctor says it’s normal to have anxiety about everything but idk why my mind can’t get off of having anxiety about that one thing specifically, I think it’s bc it can’t be diagnosed, and my doctor mentioned its more common in over weight women (im overweight) i just can’t seem to stop worrying about it☹️

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I'm overweight and age 38 and none of my 4 kids have autism. But yes I worried, because autism can be quite severe in some cases yet there's no way to test for it, like you said.

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I did, and I still stress about it now (kids are 4 & 1 1/2). I stress about it for future kids that we don't even have yet, especially if one is a boy. In my SOs family there are 3 boys diagnosed with autism (2 little brothers and a nephew) and 1 nephew that his step-mother suspects also has autism but was too young to diagnose last we talked about it. It's not that there's anything wrong with kids or people that have autism, but as a parent you want your child to have the best start to life as possible. The only thing we can really do is stay vigilant on their development and make sure they're meeting milestones as they should and contact their doctor for an evaluation if there are any concerns. From what my SOs family has said, the earlier they can get the help they need (speech therapist, cognitive therapist, etc), they better.

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I do worry because my boyfriend’s son was recently diagnosed with being on the spectrum. We could tell something was “off” with him and then his preschool teachers recommended that he be tested. I’m not going to lie, he’s extremely hard to deal with because we don’t understand his behavior and he’s behind on a lot of things. The hardest part is that his melatonin is backwards, as with a lot of kids with ASD, so he doesn’t sleep at night for more than 3 hours. I totally get it. If you’d asked me a few months ago I’d say I wasn’t afraid but the truth is, I am.

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No, i try not to stress about things i cant control. Autism is usually not diagnosed until the child is a toddler at least. What can you really do when you have loved and cared for that child for a few years, you cant just give them away or toss them aside. 
I hope and pray that my kids dont have autism but it’s nothing we cant do about it so why stress?

Did any of you guys have anxiety about autism while pregnant?

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