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Novel DNA Test Gives Early Warnings Of Plummeting Fertility
Women Health Line | November 14th 2009 by Daily Sports News
A DNA test under development by scientists could now aid in telling a lady even at eighteen years of age, how many fertile years she has left. The test monitors the pace of the biological clock and divulges the number of eggs a woman has remaining †read more
Episode 10/11 Resources
You Aut to Know! | October 11th 2009 by nicole
Great show! Lindsey Nebeker a total delight!  Will be back for part 2. Opening Music   Focus on Foundations ACT Today - grants from $100 - $5000 to pay for treatments and therapies, and assessments.  Due date approaching October 26, 2009 Au read more
Doctors and Diagnosing Autism
Article Database | October 9th 2009 by triz
When a doctor first suggests that your child has autism, your immediate reaction might be disbelief and the urge to seek a second, third, or even fourth opinion. Because autism is so different in every child, it is a tricky disorder to diagnose. Howe read more
Fighting Myself…and Losing
Fragile What!? | September 6th 2009 by FXSmom
“increased shyness and social anxiety have been reported in some women with the (fragile x) premutation” Franke, P., Leboyer, M., Hardt, J., Sohne, E., Weiffenbach, O., & Biancalana, V., et al. (1999). Neuropsycholog read more
School Registration SUCKED!
Fragile What!? | August 6th 2009 by FXSmom
OMG! Have you ever had to register your child for school and then come home and de-spazz?? I did yesterday. It was a nightmare. I’ve been doing this for years and yesterday was the worst ever! First of all they had registration for all read more
She Won!
Fragile What!? | August 4th 2009 by FXSmom
Little Miss Rachel actually won something and she is hopping crazy happy. While her father took her school shopping (omg did those words actually go in that sentence…lol) he entered her in a drawing at Dillards. There were three different o read more
The lovely store fiasco…
Fragile What!? | August 3rd 2009 by FXSmom
Thursday night just was not my night to decide to go to Walmart and get our household stuff. I had to take Matthew with me because I went after work. I usually go early Saturday morning but Kevin and I both had family coming from out of state so read more
FXTAS
Fragile What!? | July 31st 2009 by FXSmom
I was going to write about something else for Fragile X Friday but I think it will save it for this weekend. Instead, I’m going to talk about something that is weighing in on me and it hasn’t really before: FXTAS. FXTAS commonly occur read more
Fragile X Awareness Day PSA
Fragile What!? | July 23rd 2009 by FXSmom
The last thing I want to share today is this PSA. I hope those of you who aren’t immersed in fragile x syndrome learned something today. My dream is that if someone is affected by fragile x syndrome, the response won’t need to be, read more
How Did Fragile X Find Me
Fragile What!? | July 22nd 2009 by FXSmom
Usually, the first question that I hear after, “Fragile What?”, is “How did you find out?” Our story is a unique one. Mainly because we live in a small area in a state with crummy medical people and we found out abnormally read more
Botox for Fragile X Research
Fragile What!? | July 12th 2009 by FXSmom
Dr. Silverton’s son, Aidan, gets to make an appearance on the news clip. Adorable child.  I posted a news story a couple of years ago on this ongoing, and unique way, to raise money and awareness for fxs at Botox for FXS?! . more about & read more
Handle with Care: Telomeres Resemble DNA Fragile Sites
CellNEWS-blogspot | July 10th 2009 by ZenMaster
A protein at the ends of chromosomes, helps prevent DNA replication from stalling at telomeresFriday, 10 July 2009Telomeres, the repetitive sequences of DNA at the ends of linear chromosomes, have an important function: They protect vulnerable chromo read more
Dental Fleecing
Fragile What!? | July 9th 2009 by FXSmom
Matty had a dentist appointment last month. He has been going annually for years because ever 6 months is just too much. This last visit went so spectacular that they did bump it up to the 6 months though. He didn’t need to be strapped to read more
Wordless Wednesday ~ Blast from the Past
Fragile What!? | July 8th 2009 by FXSmom
Posted in wordless wednesday Tagged: autism, baby, fragile x, Matthew read more
Happy 4th…but not for some
Fragile What!? | July 4th 2009 by FXSmom
Happy Independence to all of you American’s out there!! This is one of my favorite holidays mainly because there are no presents required to buy . Sadly, for many people out there this holiday sucks. And it starts weeks before and ends we read more
Fragile X Friday ~ It Seems So Easy!?
Fragile What!? | July 3rd 2009 by FXSmom
I had started out with one idea for today but it is going to take some time to put it all together. I commented on another fellow friend/bloggers website and it reminded me of my aunt. My Aunt Bonnie has a fragile x son who is probably in his 40 read more
Don’t Upset His Routine!
Fragile What!? | June 29th 2009 by FXSmom
As most Mondays go, this one was not in the least unusual in the amount of weirdness that went on. And for Matthew, that was not a good thing. His grandparents have been gone for quite a few weeks. So this was his first weekend with them since read more
1:1 Time With Rachel
Fragile What!? | June 27th 2009 by FXSmom
Rachel thrives on my attention. It’s kind of worrisome for me because I think it is a little more intense than just needing some mom or dad time. She wants to be around us 24/7, with full attention, pin-pointed just on her. Well, that is read more
Handouts for Special Needs Parents, etc
Fragile What!? | June 26th 2009 by FXSmom
Did you know that there is some awesome stuff to be found online to help people navigate the special needs waters! Today I wanted to mention one of my favorite handout websites: Super Duper Publications . And we all know I’m poor so of cou read more
Not Again
Fragile What!? | June 23rd 2009 by FXSmom
One of the things I hate the most about being a fragile x carrier is my depression. I HATE it!! Even with meds things sneak in and I can’t do anything about it. One of those issues is feeling tied down. I don’t do well feeling con read more
Fired!!
Fragile What!? | June 16th 2009 by FXSmom
I had to make one of the most heartbreaking decisions yesterday. I fired our pediatrician. I still get teary thinking of it. He is an amazing doctor. It was the office staff that caused me to fire him. I believe in a 3 strikes you’re read more
Out of the mouth…
Fragile What!? | June 14th 2009 by FXSmom
…of Matthew! When we were camping Memorial Weekend: Grandma:Â So Matty do you have a girlfriend? Matty:Â Â No. Grandma:Â Â What happened to Anna? Matty:Â Â Bitch Grandma:Â Enough said *Â *Â Â *Â *Â * Matthew talks to himself while he read more
National Fragile X Foundation 25th Anniversary Video
Fragile What!? | June 6th 2009 by FXSmom
more about “National Fragile X Foundation 25th An…“, posted with vodpod  This was meant for yesterday, fragile x friday, but I was so exhausted. So it’s a day late. Better to be late than never, right. Posted in fragile read more
A new year, a new routine
Fragile What!? | June 2nd 2009 by FXSmom
Well summer has officially hit in our household. That means that each of the kiddos have a new summer routine. Schedules always cause me a lot of stress. I hate change. My kids hate change. I get anxiety. They get anxiety. I fret. I w read more
Fragile X Friday ~ May 29
Fragile What!? | May 29th 2009 by FXSmom
I wanted to start doing Fragile X Friday’s again. I had thought there was a graphic that another mom created but now I can’t find it. Can anyone help me? If I’m just imagining it then I’ll create one eventually. I’ read more
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