I don't mean to offend anyone with voicing my fears, and I apologise if I am. I'm pregnant with my first child. I'm forty. I know that I could worry about a lot of things, and at 18 weeks there's certainly a lot to worry about ahead but I have a real fear of having a child on an autistic spectrum and not being able to cope.
There's no reason for me to think this will happen and I know it's irrational. I don't know why i zone in on autism. It just really scares me. I manage to get my mind to a place where I'm convinced it will happen.
But do other mums to be have these sorts of worrying thoughts? If so, how do you contain them?
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Anyone else have fears of autism?
Sonny40 · 20/07/2010 21:45
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