SIDS & Brain Stem
After watching this video about a mom who gave birth 36 hours after finding out she was pregnant, I saw this article on CNN Health about some research, albeit with a small sample set, on a relationship between defective Serotonin nerve cells in the brain stemp and SIDS. (How’s that for a run-on sentence?) Basically, the study showed that there is a likelihood that the defect in the brain stem, when coupled with contributing factors (sleeping on the stomach) caused the SIDS. Serotonin is involved in breathing, and waking. Here is the link:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/10/31/sids.research.ap/index.html
Anyway, back to this mom who gave birth and didn’t know she was pregnant. This woman was 36 weeks into her pregnancy and had no idea! The kid was born healthy, which is more than we can say for the mother.