Re: leaky gut and pregnancy

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Heidi wrote:

My constant diarrhea went away when I was pregnant.

But I

was nauseated all the time. After I gave birth, my

diarrhea returned

and my general health declined totally. If you have

digestive

issues, it's better to figure them out before you get

pregnant:

for one thing, you want the best absorption you can

get.

---------->Easier said than done. I've been trying to

balance out my digestive issues for more than 5 years.

I've got a good handle on it now, and it only seems to

flare up when I ovulate, when I menstruate and when

I'm stressed to the gills.

I know I don't have celiac - I'm fine with wheat and

other glutinous grains as long at they're sprouted.

So, I guess you'd say that I've *figured* them out to

some extent, but getting rid of them entirely is

another story altogether.

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Heidi wrote:

It's not so much " Celiac " as intolerances. You

can't tell easily by your reactions. When the

intolerances are really bad for many years

you can get celiac, but you can limp along

for many years with lower-level stuff. The only

method I know that works easily to detect them

is testing, if you can get done on insurance

(it's about $350 otherwise). Also anti-gliadin

antibody testing. It's a little bit like high blood

pressure or diabetes: there's no easy way to

know if you have a protein IgA or IgG immune

reaction. But if you are having gut problems,

the likelihood is high you have such a reaction

and/or bacterial/yeast imbalances, or lack of

enzymes.

Allergies usually get better when you are

pregnant, because your immune system scales

down. But you can still have absorption problems,

which can lead to pregnancy complications (which

in fact I had, on my second one).

And you are right, it's easier said than done! I

just wish I had known, when I was having babies,

what I know now (classic problem, huh?).

---------->I did have the IgG and IgA food

allergy/intolerance test a few months ago. Wheat

didn't even register on the panel. What interested me

was that Yeast did. Anyhow, since I've been reacting

to commercial bread for years I just steer clear of

wheat and yeast (unless, as I said before, the wheat

is soaked and sprouted). Honestly, I rarely if ever

touch commercial breads now anyhow, so it's not

usually a problem in that sense.

The CDSA showed that I didn't have any absorption

problems, which surprised me. Did you have problems

with absorbtion before conceiving? How did you manage

to stay healthy during the pregnancy?

I'm hoping that since I'm doing some research prior to

conceiving, I'll be able to steer clear of problems as

much as possible. Easier said than done, right;)

a

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