Thank you for thism important contribution. Geoff...

2009-12-14T17:12:48.804-08:00

Thank you for thism important contribution.

Geoff Sher

I have recently established a Blog and Website cal...

2009-12-14T05:15:26.189-08:00

I have recently established a Blog and Website called, ODESAA: Online Diethystilbestrol Awareness Australia and another called the Adoptees Rights Knight.

During the late 1960's and early 1970's DIETHYLSTILBESTROL was used throughout the adoption process here in Australia to prevent lactation in natural mothers who's children were to be taken for adoption. Regardless of the fact that, at the time, there had been a number of research papers tabled that presented negative findings, the drug was said to be administered in reportedly 'high' doses.

In the US that research led to the drug being banned from use for it's original purpose, the prevention of miscarriage. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that was 1971.

Studies for quite some time prior had been showing that Diethylstilbestrol had no real impact on the prevention of miscarriage but instead presented a number of the issues outlined in this Blog, particularly in the daughters of those women who took this 'wonder drug' of the 40's and 50's. These are now referred to as DES Daughters.

Unfortunately, in Australia it's still politically incorrect to speak any such 'negative' effect of adoption, so in turn these medical implications in our society are being swept under the carpet; as are those people that this may affect.

Persons adopted in Australia during those years need to be made aware of the information contained in this blog and the public should be made aware of the potential impact this has.

For parents that have never told their children that they are adopted I urge you to consider the health implications involved here.
Understandably this needs to be weighed up with the emotional gravity of conveying the truth to these people, your children, now at this late a stage.

I am a 37 year old woman who was adopted at birth and who has been affected by what is now believed the use of Diethylstilbestrol during the adoption process.

My saving grace was that I'd always known that I was adopted and this led to the discovery of the information I needed to make the correlation, but even then it still took 17 years of mysterious 'medical issues' before I came across the association between the use of use of Diethylstilbestrol and the adoption process here in Australia.

Thank you for this recent information - I hope it serves to help many. I believe it will.

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