Re: leaky gut/candida and pregnancy

[Guest guest]

I don't have specific information, but for me pregnancy puts my eating

habits and my responses to food under a microscope. I feel very intensely

how food affects me, from the agony after a spaghetti dinner to the clear

energy after a snack of meat or cheese. It is a very educational period for

me that is teaching me a lot about my body and what kinds of foods work best

for me. It is the same psychologically. I have talked to several midwives

who say a pregnant woman can take care of what would take years of therapy

in one pregnancy. This is especially true with women who suffered sexual

abuse. Pregnancy is not always comfortable, but it's a miraculous time to do

some mental and physical spring cleaning.

Elaine

[Guest guest]

At 05:57 AM 9/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>Somebody, I think maybe Heidi, wrote that there may be

>increased symptom flare for pregnant women with leaky

>gut/candida. Just wondering...is this documented

>anywhere?

The book " what to expect while you are expecting " talks

about basic gut changes that happen. The symptom flare

I got from some books on celiac: it is often diagnosed

during or after pregnancy, when it flare up (as do a lot

of autoimmune diseases, such as MS). I don't know if

they actually documented this or it is anectdotal, but

I read it a lot in various books about various

diseases (and in talking to women that got pregnant).

Your immune system is suppressed by pregnancy

(which is well-documented) and your gut transit

times slows down (also documented).

> While I'm not pregnant now, I do hope to be

>within a year. I've been hoping that the hormonal

>changes my body would go through would positively

>effect my digestive issues. I'm almost certain that

>there's a coorelation between my menstrual cycle and

>symptom flare so my hope was that by not ovulating my

>symptoms would significantly decrease. Any comments or

>experience with this?

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.

Heidi

[Guest guest]

I have had leaky gut in the past. I didn't have a flare up of symptoms

especially when I was pregnant although I can't be sure what was pregnancy

and what was my other problems. My food allergies actually got better while

I was pregnant and did a weird flip. some things I couldn't eat before I

tested not allergic or low allergicity and others I could always eat I

tested allergic for the first time. I know another woman this happened to.

I also continued to take enzymes during pregnancy and that helps leaky gut.

I did have terrible heart burn and burping up and stuff toward the end but

that is common because the baby is pressing up against the stomach. i was

also very tired all the time but that is common in pregnancy as well.

Irene

At 05:57 AM 9/13/02, you wrote:

>Somebody, I think maybe Heidi, wrote that there may be

>increased symptom flare for pregnant women with leaky

>gut/candida. Just wondering...is this documented

>anywhere? While I'm not pregnant now, I do hope to be

>within a year. I've been hoping that the hormonal

>changes my body would go through would positively

>effect my digestive issues. I'm almost certain that

>there's a coorelation between my menstrual cycle and

>symptom flare so my hope was that by not ovulating my

>symptoms would significantly decrease. Any comments or

>experience with this?

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>Thanks!

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