Re: Severly short humerus and femur lengths??? TO HEATHER

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We're right about the same age.... how funny because I don't see alot of other well spoken younger gals on the board (many over 30). Please do feel free to email me, I am not an MD, but I have more experience with dwarfism than the "average bear" and more than many MD's (and I have always hated it that docs treat the health but often do not regard their responsibility for the mental health) FYI, for the most common form of dwarfism (achondroplasia) 80% of "achons" are born to parents of average size with no known family history of dwarfism, it is just a genetically random happening that approxiamately 1 in 17,000 babies will be an achondroplastic dwarf. (I am glad stating my honest opinion sat well with you, one other person in your situation once blasted me hard-core! But, honestly, short or tall fat or skinny s/he will still be your perfect little baby... I got married at 19 and tried for about 4 years to conceive because I have known fertility issues and my husband and I were even considering adopting a foreign-born dwarf child as other countries are not all as enlightened as the ours with regard to people with disabilities.) Email me at thatsmy2cents@yahoo.com

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Valerie

At Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Heather wrote:
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>Valerie,
>Hi, I really would like to email you, but I don't see an email address
>for you on here!! The doc said that it didn't seem like down's to her
>either, although she couldn't rule it out.  They are sending me for a
>level II since the measurements are seeming to be for every 4 weeks that
>pass, long bones grow 2 weeks worth...in my case.  She also said they
>would probably do an amnio.  I am only 23 and have no family history at
>all...it kind of scares me the prospect of this.  Oh, I also forgot to
>mention that the U/s did show a four chambered heart as well.  Thank you
>for your kind words!
>
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>Heather
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