Re: Baby Ivy here!, and some (myriad) questions

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the new baby. If the tandem feeding is manageable, I wouldn't

be too concerned for the moment. It may just be his way to get close to you now

that you have someone else to share your attention with, and may be only

temporary.

All the best,

Tas'.

Baby Ivy here!, and some (myriad) questions

I wanted to share with you all the arrival of our second baby, Ivy on

June

24 at

12:15 pm. She was born at home after an 11 hour labor (half the time of my

first

labor!!! =-) ). My dh was my coach (Bradley-trained) and wonderful.

Also,

my

midwife, her assistant and a midwife-student I invited to attend were great.

Ivy

was

7lbs. 9 oz. and 19 1/4 inches, had great apgars and is a very mellow little

person. Her

brother greeted her with excitement and a smile, and they nursed

together

minutes after her birth. It was a great experience that I am still processing.

I have some questions that run all over the map, so perhaps I should have

marked

this post OT, but here goes:

Two days before Ivy came we learned that my ds (31 mo.) has gluten and dairy

allergies. My son has also been tested and cleared for a number of allergies

with a

Total Body Modification (applied kinesiology, muscle testing...) practitioner,

and

she

cleared the dairy, raw and pasteurized, but there the antibodies were in his

stool. I

think she may have also tested him for gluten and not caught it, but I have to

dig out

the records. I wonder why the dairy clearing didn't take...maybe because of

the

damage the gluten is/was going to his gut? Anyone have experience and

opinions on

this?

Cutting the gluten and dairy hasn't been as hard as I thought, though my dh is

having

some trouble sticking to it. The reason it hasn't been hard is that my son has

switched

to a diet primarily of breastmilk. Since my milk came in, he wants to nurse

constantly,

from 2 times per day and 1-2 per night. I am both excited about and frustrated

by this.

I see the opportunity to improve his health, especially if I keep my diet and

supplements in shape. (And do some eliminating. I followed a mostly

Nourishing

Traditions diet during the pregnancy.) I'd like to talk to anyone who also

tandem

nurses/nursed about the emotional aspects and diet. I'm thinking carefully

about a

probiotic (I was taking Primal Defense) because I was put on an antibiotic due

to

some problems delivering my placenta. I'd also like to perhaps consume my

placenta,

for energy, and wondered if anyone had done this.

Hope you are all well.

Kathy

wife to

mommy to , 11/25/01

mommy to Ivy, 06/24/04

[Guest guest]

>I

>think she may have also tested him for gluten and not caught it, but I have to

>dig out

>the records. I wonder why the dairy clearing didn't take...maybe because of the

>damage the gluten is/was going to his gut? Anyone have experience and

>opinions on

>this?

It depends what kind of allergy she is " clearing " ... since you are talking

about antibodies in the stool, I take it you are doing IgA testing? If

so, I'm impressed, hardly anyone does those tests.

They've been researching gluten IgA for the last 20 years or so,

and as far as anyone can tell, it is very much a genetic thing. Once

it is turned " on " it just doesn't turn off ... you lose the antibodies

eventually if you stop eating the stuff, but they come back pretty

quickly (and often without symptoms) if you resume eating it.

They did endoscopes and testing of folks who believed themselves

to be no longer gluten intolerant, and found that while they had

no symptoms, they were still getting gut damage. So you CAN cure

the symptoms without curing the disease ... until they come up

with an easy test that shows IF a person is reaction, I'd be really leery

of anyone who says they can cure it.

IgG allergies, OTOH, DO sometimes go away, as do IgE allergies.

They do seem to often be triggered by an underlying IgA allergy,

mainly because IgA allergies trigger leaky gut (partly at least

thru Zonulin production, and also because they damage the gut

wall). The rogue proteins going into the blood as a result trigger

allergies. Heal the gut, and those allergies often clear.

Also, a lot of time " milk allergy " is really lactose intolerance, and THAT

can be the result of gluten intolerance (IgA) because it seems

to inhibit the normal enzyme production and HCL production (maybe

thru damage to the pancreas, liver, and gall bladder).

Now, I did get tested for IgA casein intolerance, and was positive ...

it doesn't cause me as many problems as gluten does, but I do

get an immune reaction when I eat it (my hands and feet get cold,

and sometimes I get a migraine, and my eyes go fuzzy).

Using goat milk didn't help. I find it difficult to believe though,

that casein intolerance would be genetic (since everyone starts

out on milk!) but it might be the case that casein is supposed to

be digested or at least hydrolyzed before it reaches the gut.

Anyway, there is a ton of information out there about gluten

intolerance ... www.celiac.com is a good place to start!

-- Heidi Jean