7.children..
my first child Rachelle did at 3 months..that was awful..she was so cute..didn't think I would have any more..with all my female problems, emergency surgery for a rupured cyst, endomitriosis etc..but I got preg. with Reesie with one tube and ovary, proceeded by two more surgeries, so I couldn't have anymore..no more equipment..so I had Reesie 11 years after the first one..she was actually a twin, but I lost her twin at 5 weeks & was able to keep her..
she is also because like your son she has a high IQ and mental problems..she has a chemical imbalance, bipolar, and bad social anxiety..I remember Dr. Burdick telling her one time, Reesie even Eistein hated school,lol..she mostly was bored to tears..but at least in private school she was challanged a little. She got the highest score in her whole school on the CAT tests one year, in 6th grade she was college level in all the subjects, she beat out Mark, who is pretty smart too..she used to beat the boys at Math..she went to the Math olympics every year and always placed..there were private Christian school there from all over Calif.. she didn't mind that cuz you were in a room just doing math problems, and not up on stage in front of people..then she went to public High school, culture shock, and even in G.A.T.E. classes(gifted and talented education) they were doing stuff she had done 2 or 3 years earlier at private school..anyhow, I can sure relate to what you're going through Iris..not easy..she never gets in any trouble, she doesn't go anywhere without one of us..and then if there are lots of people around she stays home..