Re: Food sensitivity during pregnancy

[Guest guest]

Elana,

This should all go away when the baby is born. It is true that milk is

very mucus forming any time. Try drinking Rice Dream milk as a

substitute. It is good and natural.

The yeast problem is an acidic condition and the body goes through all

kinds of changes when you are carrying a baby. That baby is taking all

the nutrients it needs from your body and so you need to supplement to

maintain your level of vitamins and minerals with as much good foods as

possible and the more raw fruits and vegetables the better.

Milk feeds a fungus and that is what you are experiencing. I developed

yeast/fungus during pregnancy and it was not until I go completely off

milk it cleared up. Alkalize your body and it will help you have a

healthy baby. You don't want that yeast and have that baby come through

all of that at birth. Clean it up now with your diet and you will be

fine.

This is my suggestion. There are women who are 100% all raw food and

have healthy babies and nurse them all with no problems.

Here is a web site I found that looks really good with information for

pregnant mothers.

http://karenknowler.typepad.com/living_in_the_raw/2007/12/mothers-diet-t\

h.html

Regards,

--- In , " Elena " <elena.forums@...>

wrote:

>

> Dear all-knowing group members!

>

> I'm 37 week pregnant and have been drinking raw (from grass-fed cows)

milk for the most

> of the pregnancy. But lately I seemed to have developed a

dairy/gluten?? sensitivity - I get

> really stuffed up and full of mucus, especially at night and yeast

infections keep bothering

> me. I cut out all gluten and dairy completely in a last couple of

weeks and most of the

> symptoms seemed to have disappeared. I've never had that happen before

and I was

> wondering if this is something I've developed during the pregnancy

and if it's going to

> continue after? Is it something I have to quit for good? I would

absolutely hate it - I love

> raw milk and fresh breads etc. And is quitting the milk, because of

the slight sensitivity

> outweighs all the benefits I'm getting from it? Also, should I try

introducing it back to my

> diet, just to see if I get a reaction again or should I wait until the

baby comes out - I have

> only few weeks left? But then with breastfeeding - would I even risk

introducing milk and

> gluten back into my diet, knowing that it might affect the baby?

>

> I'm so confused, please help. I feel really frustrated - I always ate

a healthy diet and never

> had any problems with any of the foods whatsoever. I really want to

get back on the raw

> milk program, but I'm not sure anymore.

>

> Thanks,

> Elena

>

[Guest guest]

Have you tried kefir? Raw milk wasn't consumed fresh very often

traditionally. I wouldn't continue to drink it if you are getting all

stuffed up. I know I can't tolerate fresh milk very well unless I

drink it all by itself, or with very little other food.

Listen to what your body craves at this point...and just use what you

know to eat the best foods you can that satisfy your cravings. I am a

firm believer in listening to your body especially in these

situations. It will point you in the right direction as your body

knows what nutrients it needs.

You said you cut out the dairy and the gluten, do you think it was

both or could it have just been one?

If you want to make sure you are getting enough nutrition try things

like high quality raw egg yolks (the ones with extra omega3/dha seem

like they would be good here)...or even cooked eggs would be great.

I'm sure you and the baby will be ok, especially if you have been

eating a reasonably nutritious diet before the pregnancy.

Blessings,

-

>

> Dear all-knowing group members!

>

> I'm 37 week pregnant and have been drinking raw (from grass-fed

cows) milk for the most

> of the pregnancy. But lately I seemed to have developed a

dairy/gluten?? sensitivity - I get

> really stuffed up and full of mucus, especially at night and yeast

infections keep bothering

> me. I cut out all gluten and dairy completely in a last couple of

weeks and most of the

> symptoms seemed to have disappeared. I've never had that happen

before and I was

> wondering if this is something I've developed during the pregnancy

and if it's going to

> continue after? Is it something I have to quit for good? I would

absolutely hate it - I love

> raw milk and fresh breads etc. And is quitting the milk, because of

the slight sensitivity

> outweighs all the benefits I'm getting from it? Also, should I try

introducing it back to my

> diet, just to see if I get a reaction again or should I wait until

the baby comes out - I have

> only few weeks left? But then with breastfeeding - would I even risk

introducing milk and

> gluten back into my diet, knowing that it might affect the baby?

>

> I'm so confused, please help. I feel really frustrated - I always

ate a healthy diet and never

> had any problems with any of the foods whatsoever. I really want to

get back on the raw

> milk program, but I'm not sure anymore.

>

> Thanks,

> Elena

>

[Guest guest]

I wanted to comment on the advice below because I think it is not good

advice:

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:59 AM, mkathryn59 <mkathryn59@...> wrote:

>

> This should all go away when the baby is born. It is true that milk is

> very mucus forming any time. Try drinking Rice Dream milk as a

> substitute. It is good and natural.

Rice Dream is not the best thing to be drinking while pregnant/nursing. It's

a lot less nutritious than raw milk and doesn't have any of the enzymes and

probiotics your body needs. And it contains canola oil.

Ingredients: filtered water, organic brown rice (partially milled), organic

expeller pressed safflower and/or canola oil, tricalcium phosphate, sea

salt, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, vitamin B12.

Coconut milk would be a better choice, or fermented coconut milk. Or as

someone else suggested, try kefir made with the raw milk. You may be able to

tolerate kefir because it doesn't have as much casein. Homemade nut milks

would also be good.

> maintain your level of vitamins and minerals with as much good foods as

> possible and the more raw fruits and vegetables the better.

I disagree with this as well. You need nutrient dense foods. Liver, meats,

chicken and bone broth, lots of pastured eggs, and lots of good fat. You may

be able to tolerate butter even if you can't tolerate milk. If you can't do

dairy, make sure you get plenty of coconut oil and start on a cod liver oil

supplement if you are not already.

Milk feeds a fungus and that is what you are experiencing. I developed

> yeast/fungus during pregnancy and it was not until I go completely off

> milk it cleared up. Alkalize your body and it will help you have a

> healthy baby. You don't want that yeast and have that baby come through

> all of that at birth. Clean it up now with your diet and you will be

> fine.

I agree that there may be a yeast overgrowth. However milk is not the

culprit. You must get on a good probiotic -- I recommend Biokult or

ThreeLac. Since you pass your gut flora to your baby, the sooner you do this

the better. If you want more info on this, do a search of the archives on

this list and Discussing NT and Healing Leaky Gut for Biokult or yeast or

candida -- you will find LOTS of information.

>

> This is my suggestion. There are women who are 100% all raw food and

> have healthy babies and nurse them all with no problems.

> Here is a web site I found that looks really good with information for

> pregnant mothers.

I can't really tell from this link what this diet entails. Hopefully it is

not a raw vegan diet -- that's a really bad idea for a pregnant or nursing

mother.

As for the gluten and dairy sensitivities, please check out the Healing

Leaky Gut group. Many of us on that group are doing Dr. Natasha

McBride's GAPS diet which is a protocol for allergies due to gut

dysbiosis -- it slowly reintroduces dairy and other foods. If you have food

sensitivities/allergies, it means that your gut flora is imbalanced and you

need to correct it.

Congratulations on your baby!

Ann Marie

[Guest guest]

Elena,

Drink more water. One of the reasons I originally went GFCF was mucus.

Since reintroducing them I rarely get mucousy - only when I'm slightly

dehydrated. Water fixes me up right away. My TCM practitioner used to tell

me that the body is just trying to absorb more moisture. Protein needs

water to be digested so this makes sense biochemically.

Since getting pregnant I've found there have been a few times where my body

has wanted large amounts more fluid to make blood for baby (it happened

around 8 weeks and 20 weeks so far - still at 20 weeks so I can't say

anything about further along).

As for the stuffiness - try some saline nose spray. If you can't find an

additive free brand at the store, check out your LHFS, mine stocks nose

spray bottles you can fill with your own saline solution. This will give

your body a quick fix for the moisture.

Before you cut it out from the gluten, were you eating yeasted bread?

Consuming yeasted bread made with any kind of sugar is a sure-fire way for

me to develop yeast issues. You could test if it were the gluten or the

yeast by trying some warm wheat porridge. Raw milk should actually help

with yeast issues as it is rich in Biotin, which limits yeast growth.

-Lana

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Elena <elena.forums@...> wrote:

> Dear all-knowing group members!

>

> I'm 37 week pregnant and have been drinking raw (from grass-fed cows) milk

> for the most

> of the pregnancy. But lately I seemed to have developed a dairy/gluten??

> sensitivity - I get

> really stuffed up and full of mucus, especially at night and yeast

> infections keep bothering

> me.

[Guest guest]

What kind of probiotics are you taking? My first experience with

yeast I was told by the MD that yeast and bacteria live in a balance,

kill too much yeast and the bacteria takes over, kill too much

bacteria and the yeast takes over. I've since learned that some

bacteria seem to be able to co-habit with the good yeasts and keep

them in check. So I'd guess that maybe in preparation for birth your

immune system may be doing something that's thrown you off balance.

I don't think you need to give up healthy foods that you've been

tolerating all this time, just look to probiotics like lactobaccili

and s. boulardi to regain your balance.

I've read that Niacin deficiency can lead to problems coping with

fungal infections (yeast is pretty close to fungus), so you could be

low in niacin too.

Best wishes, 37 weeks is a pretty normal gestation period, you could

have your baby any time!

--- In , " Elena " <elena.forums@...>

wrote:

>

> Dear all-knowing group members!

>

> I'm 37 week pregnant and have been drinking raw (from grass-fed

cows) milk for the most

> of the pregnancy. But lately I seemed to have developed a

dairy/gluten?? sensitivity - I get

> really stuffed up and full of mucus, especially at night and yeast

infections keep bothering

> me. I cut out all gluten and dairy completely in a last couple of

weeks and most of the

> symptoms seemed to have disappeared. I've never had that happen

before and I was

> wondering if this is something I've developed during the pregnancy

and if it's going to

> continue after? Is it something I have to quit for good? I would

absolutely hate it - I love

> raw milk and fresh breads etc. And is quitting the milk, because of

the slight sensitivity

> outweighs all the benefits I'm getting from it? Also, should I try

introducing it back to my

> diet, just to see if I get a reaction again or should I wait until

the baby comes out - I have

> only few weeks left? But then with breastfeeding - would I even

risk introducing milk and

> gluten back into my diet, knowing that it might affect the baby?

>

> I'm so confused, please help. I feel really frustrated - I always

ate a healthy diet and never

> had any problems with any of the foods whatsoever. I really want to

get back on the raw

> milk program, but I'm not sure anymore.

>

> Thanks,

> Elena

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks to all so much for all the wonderful answers! I will try to

clarify/comment on some

of the things, sorry for lumping them all together.

> I've read that Niacin deficiency can lead to problems coping with

> fungal infections (yeast is pretty close to fungus), so you could be

> low in niacin too.

My prenatal vitamins have 20mg of Niacin, so unless something is inhibiting the

absorption I don't think I would be deficient. Is there something that can

affect that???

> Drink more water.

I drink about 3 quarts of water, plus about a quart in herbal teas and soups.

Sometimes

even more. I think drinking more than that can put a strain on your

liver/kidneys, won't

it???

> As for the stuffiness - try some saline nose spray.

I actually use a Nati pot, which i found much more efficient dealing with the

regular

stuffiness then saline spray, but even that doesn't work anymore (well didn't

work, until I

cut the foods out)

> Before you cut it out from the gluten, were you eating yeasted bread?

At home I eat mostly Ezikel, I guess that has yeast... Maybe that's the

problem...

>Try drinking Rice Dream milk as a substitute. It is good and natural.

>Coconut milk would be a better choice, or fermented coconut milk. Or as

>someone else suggested, try kefir made with the raw milk

At this point (well, most of the time) I try not to eat anything that comes out

of the box or

a can, except for supplements, and even those I'm very weary off. I would like

to try kefir,

but I don't know anyone who makes it and I never tried to make it myself. And

I'm not

buying the store kind either. I do use coconut milk sometimes when cooking, but

I haven't

tried just drinking it. Isn't it kinda gross???

>Liver, meats, chicken and bone broth, lots of pastured eggs, and lots of good

fat. You

may

>be able to tolerate butter even if you can't tolerate milk. If you can't do

>dairy, make sure you get plenty of coconut oil and start on a cod liver oil

>supplement if you are not already.

Yep, I do all that - good meats, chicken, bone broth, fresh pastured eggs,

coconut oil etc.

I try to stay as close to NT diet as I can (except maybe for the liver, still

not sure about that

one...) Will try to get the butter back.

>You must get on a good probiotic -- I recommend Biokult or

>ThreeLac. Since you pass your gut flora to your baby, the sooner you do this

>the better.

Right now I'm taking PB8, probably not the best probiotic, but my midwife

recommedned

it, and I really didn't want to experiment too much during pregnancy. I used to

take Jarrow,

I don't know if that's any better. I will try the ones recommended, if I can

find them. Also,

I'm taking Green Vibrance, and it has 12 strains of different probiotics also.

(too much?)

>As for the gluten and dairy sensitivities, please check out the Healing

>Leaky Gut group.

Thanks, I will check it out.

>Listen to what your body craves at this point...and just use what you

>know to eat the best foods you can that satisfy your cravings.

At this point my body craves sugar - which is very strange, because I normally

eat very

little sugar - a spoon of honey or maple syrup with food once or twice a week.

And I never

crave sugar, ever. I'm not one of those people who need to have dessert every

day, but

after I've illuminated milk and gluten I just want sugar. I drool every time I

see a cookie or

a piece of cake, and it's driving me crazy. I try eating fruit, dried fruit etc,

but it's not

cutting it. And I do monitor the blood glucose level for fear of GD every once

in a while

and it's always in the perfect range. Very strange, because I NEVER have

cravings, even

during the whole pregnancy I hadn't had a single one.

>You said you cut out the dairy and the gluten, do you think it was

>both or could it have just been one?

I could be either one or another, that's still in question. Should I try

introducing one and

see if that makes any difference? Which one should I try first??? And should I

even risk

getting another yeast infection so close to the baby coming? ly, I don't

think it's

gluten, as someone mentioned earlier, it's probably yeast in yeasted breads more

than

anything.

>There are women who are 100% all raw food and have healthy babies and nurse

them all

>with no problems.

>Here is a web site I found that looks really good with information for pregnant

mothers.

Thanks for the recommendation, but I think I will stick with what I know now. I

try not to

to introduce too many new concepts in my pregnancy at this point.

>The yeast problem is an acidic condition

>Alkalize your body and it will help you have a healthy baby.

Every time they do urine test at the midwife's it's always between 7 and 7.5. I

thought it

was good, should it be even more alkaline???

A little bit more information - I have been on high dose Vit C regime starting

at the

beginning of the second trimester and feeling great - hadn't had a single

stretch mark or

any of the typical pregnancy complains, including nausea, constipation and all

the other

junk, except for mild swelling in a last few weeks. My diet is a good as it gets

and I

exercise (swimming, yoga and walking) every day. I take prenatal vitamins,

additional

mineral supplements, probiotics, Omega3s, primrose oil, coconut oil, freshly

ground

flaxseed etc. I eat mostly fresh organic produce from local farms, pastured

eggs, good

meats and chicken. Lots of fresh fruit, nuts, seeds etc. Nothing processed or

anything that

have any kind of chemicals in it. Of course we go out every once in a while, but

we are

trying to keep it to a minimum. I try to do the best I can, that's why it's so

frustrating when

things like that happen.

Thanks for all of your help!

Elena

> >

> > Dear all-knowing group members!

> >

> > I'm 37 week pregnant and have been drinking raw (from grass-fed

> cows) milk for the most

> > of the pregnancy. But lately I seemed to have developed a

> dairy/gluten?? sensitivity - I get

> > really stuffed up and full of mucus, especially at night and yeast

> infections keep bothering

> > me. I cut out all gluten and dairy completely in a last couple of

> weeks and most of the

> > symptoms seemed to have disappeared. I've never had that happen

> before and I was

> > wondering if this is something I've developed during the pregnancy

> and if it's going to

> > continue after? Is it something I have to quit for good? I would

> absolutely hate it - I love

> > raw milk and fresh breads etc. And is quitting the milk, because of

> the slight sensitivity

> > outweighs all the benefits I'm getting from it? Also, should I try

> introducing it back to my

> > diet, just to see if I get a reaction again or should I wait until

> the baby comes out - I have

> > only few weeks left? But then with breastfeeding - would I even

> risk introducing milk and

> > gluten back into my diet, knowing that it might affect the baby?

> >

> > I'm so confused, please help. I feel really frustrated - I always

> ate a healthy diet and never

> > had any problems with any of the foods whatsoever. I really want to

> get back on the raw

> > milk program, but I'm not sure anymore.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Elena

> >

>

[Guest guest]

> >Listen to what your body craves at this point...and just use what you

> >know to eat the best foods you can that satisfy your cravings.

> At this point my body craves sugar - which is very strange, because

I normally eat very

> little sugar - a spoon of honey or maple syrup with food once or

twice a week. And I never

> crave sugar, ever. I'm not one of those people who need to have

dessert every day, but

> after I've illuminated milk and gluten I just want sugar. I drool

every time I see a cookie or

> a piece of cake, and it's driving me crazy. I try eating fruit,

dried fruit etc, but it's not

> cutting it. And I do monitor the blood glucose level for fear of GD

every once in a while

> and it's always in the perfect range. Very strange, because I NEVER

have cravings, even

> during the whole pregnancy I hadn't had a single one.

Well in the case of yeast problems what I said may not actually apply.

When you have problems with yeast you crave what they want and thats

sugar. I meant more in terms of if your craving salty pickled foods

make sure to eat sauerkraut or something similar...if your craving

fish eat some wild alaskan salmon. Or say if you crave sour drink

some fresh squeezed lemon juice with your water.

Sorry for the confusion. If I ever crave sweet things I find that fat

can usually satisfy that craving...such as eating a lot of butter or

coconut oil with my meal.

-

-

[Guest guest]

>

> > Drink more water.

> I drink about 3 quarts of water, plus about a quart in herbal teas and

> soups. Sometimes

> even more. I think drinking more than that can put a strain on your

> liver/kidneys, won't

> it???

>

3 quarts should be about good - how are you breaking it up through the day?

The kidneys can effectively use 1/2 cup of water every 30 minutes (that

doesn't indicate strain, just what can be absorbed). So if you're drinking

more than a cup at a time it is probably just running right through you

without effecting your hydration level.

When you consume herbal teas and soups some of the water goes to digestion

of those items so typically water from either isn't counted.

How much salt are you consuming? If you are consuming a lot of salt you'll

need more water (or to cut down on salt, which might be the better choice

since you're swollen).

>

> > Before you cut it out from the gluten, were you eating yeasted bread?

>

> At home I eat mostly Ezikel, I guess that has yeast... Maybe that's the

> problem...

>

>know to eat the best foods you can that satisfy your cravings.

> >Listen to what your body craves at this point...and just use what you

> At this point my body craves sugar - which is very strange, because I

> normally eat very

> little sugar - a spoon of honey or maple syrup with food once or twice a

> week. And I never

> crave sugar, ever. I'm not one of those people who need to have dessert

> every day, but

> after I've illuminated milk and gluten I just want sugar. I drool every

> time I see a cookie or

> a piece of cake, and it's driving me crazy. I try eating fruit, dried

> fruit etc, but it's not

> cutting it. And I do monitor the blood glucose level for fear of GD every

> once in a while

> and it's always in the perfect range. Very strange, because I NEVER have

> cravings, even

> during the whole pregnancy I hadn't had a single one.

I have been eating more carbs than I did pre-pregnancy: It is my

understanding that carbs are ideally suited to quick energy expenditures,

such as working out and growing babies. Depending on how much milk you were

drinking per day, you may have removed a significant amount of lactose (milk

sugar) from your diet that may need replacing. Sprouted breads also contain

sugars, so there's the maltose from those that you are no longer getting as

well. Unfortunately sugar cravings can also be due to yeast still dying

off. It is hard to say for sure.

> As for the stuffiness - try some saline nose spray.

> I actually use a Nati pot, which i found much more efficient dealing with

> the regular

> stuffiness then saline spray, but even that doesn't work anymore (well

> didn't work, until I

> cut the foods out)

> mild swelling in a last few weeks. I take prenatal vitamins, additional

>

mineral supplements, probiotics, Omega3s, primrose oil, coconut oil, freshly

> ground

> flaxseed etc.

Flax really bothered me in the first trimester and I haven't touched it

since: too estrogenic. The same could be said for primrose oil. (The Green

Vibrance contains flax too and most Ezekiel breads contain soy, another

phytoestrogen.) Estrogen can increase swelling and stuffiness so you might

consider skipping those for now.

" Pregnant women experience nasal stuffiness due to estrogen-induced

hypersecretion of mucus. " (http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3238.htm)

-Lana

[Guest guest]

Elena,

Your baby is so lucky to have you as a mother. It sounds like you're

doing everything I wish I'd known to do when I had mine.

The craving sugar thing really makes me think candida, like you said.

I noticed when I upped my intake of magnesium, my cravings for sweets

was eliminated. If you're having trouble sleeping or experiencing

stress, your body can be shedding magnesium. Unfortunately that makes

you have more trouble sleeping! An epsom salt bath will help with

that, and may rebalance the magnesium/calcium/potassium thing.

The mucus thing could be separate, too. When you're pregnant you can

suddenly develop allergies you didn't have before - hayfever, poison

ivy, etc. If you're in a warm area (like CA) the pines may be shedding

pollen now. It's highly allergenic. When I had my first, I got poison

ivy for the first time, had always been immune before then!

Another soak in water that has had apple cider vinegar added may help

if your yeast is " below " . No harm to baby in doing that, either.

My friend who is a nurse practitioner swore by applying yogurt to the

problem area to replace the good bacteria. Icky, messy, but she said

it worked.

Gargling some water with supplement-type iodine may clear up thrush,

and also shouldn't pose any risk to baby.

A patented " drug " for clearing up candida is sodium lactate, which is

made naturally when lactic acid (from lacto-fermented foods) is mixed

with salt. They don't even have to be raw to get this benefit.

Another one you can buy is s. boulardii, a non-colonizing yeast that

out-competes candida to knock it back down to a normal population

without harming any of the good bacteria. It also protects the gut

from toxins bad bacteria may be giving off, which is nice. My kids

just chew the capsules - it tastes very similar to nutritional yeast,

but it's alive.

I hope this helps! It can be very frustrating to do everything right

and have something go wrong anyways!

[Guest guest]

Elena, sorry to be late putting in my 2 cents.

Here's one possibility that I saw from your story.

The sugar craving could be from " withdrawal " if you have developed a

sensitivity to wheat and dairy.

The way the mechanism works according to Dr. Kathleen DesMaisons -

when you eat wheat or dairy and you've become sensitive to them, your

body has a little rush of endorphins, our natural painkillers, to

protect you from the irritant of the allergic/sensitive material.

The more you have the material, the more endorphins are released and

the cycle goes in a bigger circle.

Then when you suddenly quit the material, you also quit getting an

endorphin rush. But now you have endorphin receptors that are empty.

When endorphin receptors are empty and screaming to get an endorphin

hit, that's what a craving is, and what fills it the fastest is

sugar. So it feels like craving sugar.

What to do? Short term, you can feed the cravings with sweet fruit

like bananas and ease the amounts down over time. Or tough the

cravings out (yuck). Or do other endorphin-raising things, like

dancing to loud music, jumping out of airplanes or doing street

theater or boxing. Just kidding I know you are pregnant. Long term

the endorphin receptors will rebalance to work with the diet you are

eating.

I don't know why you got sensitive to dairy and wheat after such a

long time with success and a good diet. So unfair. But my DD also got

sensitive to dairy after eating a lot of it. She laid off for quite a

while and now feels she can have it, just not a pint or quart every

single day like she was. More like cereal and milk once a week (she's

not NT).

Connie

--- In , " Elena " <elena.forums@...>

wrote:

>

> Thanks to all so much for all the wonderful answers! I will try to

clarify/comment on some

> of the things, sorry for lumping them all together.

[Guest guest]

I would try butter first or ghee. then the fermented dairy products like kefir

and yogurt.

> >You said you cut out the dairy and the gluten, do you think it was

> >both or could it have just been one?

> I could be either one or another, that's still in question. Should I try

introducing one and

> see if that makes any difference? Which one should I try first??? And should I

even risk

> getting another yeast infection so close to the baby coming? ly, I don't

think it's

> gluten, as someone mentioned earlier, it's probably yeast in yeasted breads

more than

> anything.

[Guest guest]

Thanks to all so much for the great anwsers!!!

I'm feeling much better in a last few days and my sugar cravings are mostly

gone! I'm

trying to introduce a little bit of yogurt and butter back into my diet and so

far it seems to

be OK. I was doing some research unrelated to NT diet and found out that it's

pretty

common for pregnant women to develop milk sensitivity if they drink a lot of

milk (and I

used to drink a lot!!!!). I thought it only happens with pasteurized milk, but I

guess it

doesn't matter. I hope it's temporary and it will all go away once the baby is

here.

Thanks!

Elena

> >

> > Thanks to all so much for all the wonderful answers! I will try to

> clarify/comment on some

> > of the things, sorry for lumping them all together.

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know if this point was made, but pregnancy slows down digestion-

and it can bring on food allergies and grave ones like celiac. So if you

have undiagnosed gluten intolerance, then the gluten is hanging around in

your intestines longer, causing the brush border to turn over too fast

and messing with it's ability to synthesize lactase and other enzymes.

Most of the time, though, the weirdness goes away after pregnancy:)

Desh