DES daughter
Being a DES daughter ticks a lot of boxes for me. I don't have proof; any records like that have long been destroyed. But it makes a lot of sense, and I only recently discovered this. I already go through extra mammograms and other tests because of family history of disease. I believe my concerns will result in more tests for certain cancers that DES exposure can have a higher risk for. I am fine with more screening. Things like very early puberty, being the tallest girl in my class as a young girl when we are not a tall family... there is other stuff I struggled with as a child that DES exposure doesn't explain, but I will always wonder about, like inability to focus in class and stay still, and hyperlexia which at the time seemed like a miracle but I now know is something kids on the spectrum can have. The 1960s was a kind of wild west time about drugs given to women to prevent miscarriage etc. I know if I had had a difficult pregnancy back then I would have trust...
