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@luther27 Yep. Conceived between my first and second shots of Moderna. Got a third shot during my third trimester. I now have a big, healthy boy.

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@jeremyd Yes! I don't know why it isn't standard education given out during prenatal visits. Would save so much stress.

@jeremyd Yikes, what a scary experience. Thank you for sharing. I'm impressed by how dramatically it changed over one year. I hadn't heard anything about how persistent it is, thank you. I hope you can feel like this is behind you soon!

@alexhunting Can be both. In our case it was an old house with lead paint, but lead can be found in the soil around older houses, in the pipes, on toys... It's worth reading up on. https://tamararubin.com/

@sounddoctrine Interesting, thank you. That makes sense, it was incredibly inexpensive.

@alexhunting There are very inexpensive lead test kits available online. It's a bunch of q-tips you can swipe various surfaces and if it turns red there's lead. Very easy.

My toddler just got his blood lead levels tested. I know that the CDC reference value is 3.5 μg/dL. I believe (?) that 5 μg/dL would put a child in the top 2.5% for lead. Is there data for what lead levels look like for the average child? I know there is no safe level of lead, but if a random...