Need helpful info for someone pregnant

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

My sister-in-law is about to be put on bed rest for the next 4 months because of

an inflammatory thing in her stomach muscles causing her a lot of pain when

walking ... can't remember what it's called. 

Anyway, she has psoriasis, eczema, etc.  So does my brother, who is (more

like me w/the anxiety and having fatigue but possibily not all criteria for CFS,

although we just discovered he does have some dysautonomia), severe life long

eczema, and I'd bet money he has xmrv (and has chronic prostatitis). He just

started the diet and can already feel a difference, plus a couple of other

changes, plus a course of doxycycline and nizoral - and he can really tell a

difference in just 5 days.

I remember Dr Goldberg saying years ago that (whoever it is that sets all the

standards of obstectrics? like APA for Pediactrics and AMA for internists etc)

the ob/gyn recommendations for people with a history of food allergies should

follow a low allergy diet during pregnancy.  He said that recommendation has

been around for years but obviously has been forgotten. 

Can anyone direct me to any information that would show that this is an

inflammatory disorder, and point me to where the obgyn standards on diet

recommeded the low allergy diet?  Their little girl already has bad eczema and

allergies.  Now they're having a boy. 

She's eating all the high nutrient no-no's: whole grains, nuts, dairy,

berries... all the stuff guaranteed to set off the immune system.  Per my

brother, she is also very stubborn and thinks anything we've talked about

regarding is whooey, even though they did just start having to pull out

certain foods per the pediatrician because of my neice's skin, and they did see

some improvement (in skin and tantrums).  She's typically developing thank

goodness, and a bright precocious girl, but you can see the slight diminished

eye contact when she's not well, and the dark circles, and the rashes....

Anyway, I suspect that if she could be convinced to go on a low allergy diet,

she would not end up being bedridden to this inflammatory thing (requires a

sling, painful to walk, etc - someone here knows what that is called...) and

lose her job (she's the one w/the good insurance and a salary that they really

need).   Not to mention the risk of this baby boy and autism, because lord knows

they won't delay any vaccines, etc. 

I need good hard science to show it.  Can anyone help save my little nephew and

ease my sister-in-laws pain if we could convince her to just TRY?  I'm not that

close to her - she's pretty reserved and socially anxious and no doubt thinks

I'm nuts after my most recent pandas meltdown lol (she'd be right - doesn't mean

the the portion my analytical IQ isn't still thru the roof lol but I've never

told anyone that number because I certainly haven't lived up to my IQ).  I'm

close to my brother but they're not in the place where he could convince her to

change it - they're struggling right now. 

Any help would be appreciated.  I can't force anyone to do anything.  I'm an

excellent nag, though!

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

,

I know the feeling about trying to get siblings/spouses to listen! My sister is

going through diagnosis for a thid child right now.

I remember there being a paragraph or two in the " What to Expect " pregnancy book

about mother's with a family history of food allergies should do a low-allergy

diet while pregnant. Might check the index of that book, if they have a copy.

And I remember seeing it mentioned in a parenting magazine within the last few

years, but not which one. I

t seems to popping up more often lately.

And they do mention if it's the daddy, not just the mommy with the food

allergies, to do the diet.

There is a blurb about pregnancy towards the end of this:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/food-allergy-000063.htm

This article shows improvement of infant eczema when the mother took cow's milk

out of her own diet and family history of food allergies: And you know I'm all

about breastfeeding!

http://www.llli.org/NB/NBJulAug98p100.html

Good luck!

(just a little bit south of you) in Mobile, AL

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

When I was pregnant with my third child, Dr. G referred me to the American

Academy of Allergies, Asthma and Immunology site: http://www.aaaai.org

<http://www.aaaai.org/>

A lot of what Dr. G recommends for keeping the mothers immune system cool,

through elimination of allergies is there, but you may have to search a bit.

It has been a while since I was there but as I recall it wasn`t too

difficult to find.

It seems to go against what the dairy marketing boards preach and what new

mothers feel obligated to do for the ``health`` of their babies. Now that I

think of it, it may be under what to feed a baby to avoid allergies if they

have a family history of food allergies and draws the line to the pregnant

Mom.

Sorry I can`t be more specific, but it has been about 6 years since I

visited the site.

It was VERY helpful, however and worth checking out.

Best of luck!

Lori

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Sent: December-12-10 11:18 PM

Subject: Need helpful info for someone pregnant

Hi all,

My sister-in-law is about to be put on bed rest for the next 4 months

because of

an inflammatory thing in her stomach muscles causing her a lot of pain when

walking ... can't remember what it's called.

Anyway, she has psoriasis, eczema, etc. So does my brother, who is

(more

like me w/the anxiety and having fatigue but possibily not all criteria for

CFS,

although we just discovered he does have some dysautonomia), severe life

long

eczema, and I'd bet money he has xmrv (and has chronic prostatitis). He just

started the diet and can already feel a difference, plus a couple of

other

changes, plus a course of doxycycline and nizoral - and he can really tell a

difference in just 5 days.

I remember Dr Goldberg saying years ago that (whoever it is that sets all

the

standards of obstectrics? like APA for Pediactrics and AMA for internists

etc)

the ob/gyn recommendations for people with a history of food allergies

should

follow a low allergy diet during pregnancy. He said that recommendation has

been around for years but obviously has been forgotten.

Can anyone direct me to any information that would show that this is an

inflammatory disorder, and point me to where the obgyn standards on diet

recommeded the low allergy diet? Their little girl already has bad eczema

and

allergies. Now they're having a boy.

She's eating all the high nutrient no-no's: whole grains, nuts, dairy,

berries... all the stuff guaranteed to set off the immune system. Per my

brother, she is also very stubborn and thinks anything we've talked about

regarding is whooey, even though they did just start having to pull out

certain foods per the pediatrician because of my neice's skin, and they did

see

some improvement (in skin and tantrums). She's typically developing thank

goodness, and a bright precocious girl, but you can see the slight

diminished

eye contact when she's not well, and the dark circles, and the rashes....

Anyway, I suspect that if she could be convinced to go on a low allergy

diet,

she would not end up being bedridden to this inflammatory thing (requires a

sling, painful to walk, etc - someone here knows what that is called...) and

lose her job (she's the one w/the good insurance and a salary that they

really

need). Not to mention the risk of this baby boy and autism, because lord

knows

they won't delay any vaccines, etc.

I need good hard science to show it. Can anyone help save my little nephew

and

ease my sister-in-laws pain if we could convince her to just TRY? I'm not

that

close to her - she's pretty reserved and socially anxious and no doubt

thinks

I'm nuts after my most recent pandas meltdown lol (she'd be right - doesn't

mean

the the portion my analytical IQ isn't still thru the roof lol but I've

never

told anyone that number because I certainly haven't lived up to my IQ). I'm

close to my brother but they're not in the place where he could convince her

to

change it - they're struggling right now.

Any help would be appreciated. I can't force anyone to do anything. I'm an

excellent nag, though!

Thanks,