Ah, finally working my way through the email!! I think you have a point
Bobby. My best guess (no proof folks, and I'll ask around to see what
others think once this crazy ear infection is done): there are hormones
secreted during and after pregnancy that relax the musculoskeletal system
(yes gals your hips are really larger after pregnancy and it's not all fat)
as the body prepares for birth. I'm wondering about the lactation portion
though.
Now that I think of it, maybe I should ask the folks over at Through the
Looking Glass. While pregnancy isn't one of my specialties it is their's
especially for women with disabilities.
Sorry I didn't think of that sooner.
Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
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> From: Bobby Greer <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Valium and pregnancy - anyone been there?
> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 2:51 AM
>
> Beth,
>
> Did you catch the post from the woman who had less spacticity
while
> nursing. Sounds like a good area to investigate. Maybe hormones decsrease
> spasticity??
>
> Bobby
>
>
> >Janet,
> >I can't personally help you but, I can point to a source of more
> >information if that helps. Medscape has articles on drugs and drug's
effect
> >on pregnancy. The URL is http://www.medscape.com
> >I use it to research drug's effects on my patients.
> >
> >Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
> >email: [log in to unmask]
> >homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html
> >
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> >> From: Janet Perkins Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Valium and pregnancy - anyone been there?
> >> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 7:48 PM
> >>
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> I haven't been active at all, except for reading messages, for quite
> >awhi=
> >> le. =
> >>
> >> Let me do a brief re-introduction. I'm Janet Perkins Corbett, I've CP
-
> >> "mild-to-moderate", can walk, talk, and do all "msjor life functions".
> >I=
> >> 've
> >> been married for a year and a half to a wonderful man named Kendall
:)
> >=
> >> I'm
> >> currently a grad student in (hopefully) my last semester. We are both
> >38=
> >>
> >> years old. =
> >>
> >>
> >> I take valium, and I used to take dantrium till my husband and I
decided
> >=
> >> to
> >> try and get pregnant. Docs said that there was no research on
dantrium
> >> relating to pregnancy, advised that I quit taking it, so I did. The
> >> ill-effects were not nearly as bad as I thought they would be - quite
> >> manageable most days. The valium is a more known medication, and
there
> >i=
> >> s
> >> research done on it. =
> >>
> >> *********
> >> What I would REALLY like is to hear from women who have had babies
while
> >> taking valium throughout their pregnancy.
> >> *********
> >> Sometimes, according to the literature, a woman in labor will be givan
> >va=
> >> lium
> >> to assist with labor. I don't know anymore about that aspect of it,
> >thou=
> >> gh.
> >>
> >> So, if you have had a baby, and take valium, or know someone who has,
> >ple=
> >> ase
> >> reply, I really want to know more about this.
> >>
> >> Janet Perkins Corbett
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >>
> >>
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