{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4776","number":"4776","name":"Shian Seagrist","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-26T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-20T04:00Z","body":"After I got married, we moved into a townhome that was a couple hundred feet from a 5G tower. The Wi-Fi installers installed the Wi-Fi router in our bedroom and we had no idea that that was not recommended so we were sleeping with a literally by our heads for the four years that we lived in this house. Soon after getting married, we got pregnant. My first pregnancy was very difficult. I had placental insufficiency and my baby was born via induction at 37 weeks because my placenta was failing her. We did genetic testing and never found a reason for an extremely small placenta. She was luckily diagnosed with IUGR in utero and we were tracking her consistently so we caught that she was in distress in the womb and saved her via urgent induction. For my second pregnancy. We kept an eye on his weight as well, just in case, and halfway through the pregnancy, he completely stopped growing. He came spontaneously at 37 weeks exactly and my placenta was a more average size, but both babies were around 5 pounds with no health or genetic indication as to why that should have happened. After our second baby was born, we moved to a different state and chose a house that was not near a 5G or cell tower. We also installed the Wi-Fi router as far away from the bedrooms as possible. Soon after moving, we got pregnant with our third child. I didn't change anything significant about my health and we still have received no answers from doctors as to why my placenta could have been insufficient for my previous pregnancies, but we trusted God with a third. To our shock, our third baby grew at a completely normal curve and hit every milestone of growth all throughout the pregnancy. Although he was born at 37 weeks as well, he was over 7 pounds at birth! His placenta was perfectly normal and he continues to be our most average size child. The only thing we can attribute the differences in my baby sizes and placenta health is environment - specifically the 5G tower we were living within a stones throw from. I can't wait to see more progress made in awareness and safety precautions of EMF exposure during pregnancy!!! ","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4776","tags":["child-development","sleep-cognition","exposure-places"],"source_hash":"d0f030ddec1d86859a88852781d78efa46e288f4244af88d5c32c81f1e576561","slug":"child-development-comment-4776","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4776","body_sha256":"ddebd1287a6a104e5b3ec7ef8d371394f0dfa4484280ea8e5d8f2e977eab0e45","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"reproductive","topics":[{"id":"reproductive","evidence":"My first pregnancy was very difficult. I had placental insufficiency and my baby was born via induction at 37 weeks because my placen"},{"id":"wifi","evidence":"5G tower. The Wi-Fi installers installed the Wi-Fi router in our bedroom and we had no idea that that was not recommended "},{"id":"infrastructure","evidence":"wnhome that was a couple hundred feet from a 5G tower. The Wi-Fi installers installed the Wi-Fi router in our bedroom "}],"summary":"The commenter compares two pregnancies involving growth restriction near a tower and bedroom Wi-Fi router with a later pregnancy after moving, attributes the difference to environmental exposure, and requests greater pregnancy safety awareness.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-26T22:22:05Z","review_method":"Full comment-text review with exact source evidence; attachments not reviewed","review_source_sha256":"f3a3df5116e79568f4414813c5d4c7729fdf60a2d5699f6fa8511cdaa31e8e04","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["reproductive","wifi","infrastructure"],"primary_topic":"reproductive","forum_title":"The commenter compares two pregnancies involving growth restriction near a tower and bedroom Wi-Fi router…"}