pleasehelp Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Okay, thank you. Here is my scenerio: I was taking a preworkout supplement before I went to the gym, on and off for about a year. (Stupid, I know) The supplement name was called Jack3d, but the ingredient that I am worried about is called: 1,3 dimethylamylamine. Also called, DMAA, Methylhexanamine, forthan, forthane, floradrene, geranamine. This supplement also had a little caffeine in it. It was a bad choice, and I will never take it again. My wife is now 19 weeks pregnant and the fetus is showing many birth defects/abnormalities. Do you think that I could have caused these birth defects since I took this supplement all the way up to conceiving our child? Any useful thoughts/feedback would be great. Thank you.
CharonY Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Not likely. From the tox-data that I found there is no indication of it having mutagenic properties. And even then, chances are very low from the male side to contribute to birth defects that way.
pleasehelp Posted January 19, 2012 Author Posted January 19, 2012 You have put my mind at ease a little. Thank you. Although, I don't want to just "feel good". I would like to know the truth. Anyone else have anymore info? Also, when the baby is born...is there tests that they can run to see if this was the cause?
CharonY Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Really sorry to hear that. However, unless it is a well-established source as e.g. certain genetic defects, it is usually not possible to determine causes with any level of certainty. Child development is a very complex process and lots of things can go wrong, unfortunately. Again, sorry.
Tharindu Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Okay, thank you. Here is my scenerio: I was taking a preworkout supplement before I went to the gym, on and off for about a year. (Stupid, I know) The supplement name was called Jack3d, but the ingredient that I am worried about is called: 1,3 dimethylamylamine. Also called, DMAA, Methylhexanamine, forthan, forthane, floradrene, geranamine. This supplement also had a little caffeine in it. It was a bad choice, and I will never take it again. My wife is now 19 weeks pregnant and the fetus is showing many birth defects/abnormalities. Do you think that I could have caused these birth defects since I took this supplement all the way up to conceiving our child? Any useful thoughts/feedback would be great. Thank you. I do not think that your DMAA was a reason for birth abnormalities. But better thing is to face some genetic counselling with your doctor and you can make some idea about it.
pleasehelp Posted March 15, 2012 Author Posted March 15, 2012 I do not think that your DMAA was a reason for birth abnormalities. But better thing is to face some genetic counselling with your doctor and you can make some idea about it. I have seen genetic counseling already and there really hasn't been much that they can tell me. They say that things happen like this all the time. But, I think there is a reason why. My wife is totally healthy and I was the only one putting chemicals in my body. Isn't it possible that guys can indeed contribute to birth defects to a child? Maybe there just isn't enough research on this topic.
John Cuthber Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 It's possible, but highly unusual for the man's contribution to be the cause of a birth defect. (Not least because if the sperm are not "fit" they don't make the marathon swim.) Sadly the fact is that the cause of many such defects simply isn't known, it's just "bad luck". It is a very typical human reaction to look for a "cause" for bad things, but in cases like this there's really not much point. Even if you did find some cause, it wouldn't help much because you can't turn the clock back. It makes more sense to look to the future as much as you can. 1
pleasehelp Posted March 15, 2012 Author Posted March 15, 2012 It's possible, but highly unusual for the man's contribution to be the cause of a birth defect. (Not least because if the sperm are not "fit" they don't make the marathon swim.) Sadly the fact is that the cause of many such defects simply isn't known, it's just "bad luck". It is a very typical human reaction to look for a "cause" for bad things, but in cases like this there's really not much point. Even if you did find some cause, it wouldn't help much because you can't turn the clock back. It makes more sense to look to the future as much as you can. At the time of conception, I was taking a stimulant and L-Arginine that helps with blood flow. (Almost how viagra would work.) The stimulant was called Jack3d. Is it possible that the stimulant or the Arginine supplement (high dose) could have made my "swimmers" more effective or swim farther? The stimulant and the arginine really had a false energy feeling. In your professional opinion, is this possible?
hypervalent_iodine Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 ! Moderator Note pleasehelp,If you're going to go ahead and make a sock puppet account, you could at least try and make your threads a little less similar.Thread closed (also, you're banned).
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