Re: Re: Breast feeding and inflammatory bowel disease

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My mom breastfed me for 2 1/2 years... and I have UC and PSC... my cousin was breasfed for a while also, not sure about the exact time, but she has Crohn's. As said there is no 100% protection.

arman_shirin@...

Re: Breast feeding and inflammatory bowel disease

Hi Suzanna;There is some protection against IBD (Crohn's and UC) in breastfed infants, but it's not 100%:Klement E, Cohen RV, Boxman J, ph A, Reif S 2004 Breastfeeding and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 80: 1342-1352.http://www.ajcn. org/cgi/content/ full/80/5/ 1342Best regards,Dave (father of (22); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)> I have heard something along these lines before as well. Someone once told me that there was not one person with crohns that had been breastfed. I didn't really believe that because I find

absolutes hard to believe. > I'd love to get info on any of these studies if anyone can dig them up!

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Suzanna,

There are MANY other benefits of breadfeeding so don't get discouraged because it doesn't help with this one case. You are making a difference. Your children will turn out amazing I am sure because of it. My daugher is SUPER smart and I think a lot of it is attributed to 2 years of breastfeeding. My son is still too young to tell.

Arman

arman_shirin@...

Re: Breast feeding and inflammatory bowel disease

Well, I think that stinks!!! I want a 100% guarantee!!! Why is that too much to ask? :)It's a bummer to hear of all the people who have these diseases. I was really hoping beyond hope that I really was making a difference in my kids by breastfeeding them! I can't say I enjoyed doing it, and there were plenty of tears shed. <sigh> Live and learn, I guess. I think I might try going back to the diary-free diet to see if my LFTs are affected. I hate having to do it because it is a real pain. I'm going to take another look at all my bloodwork and see if I can find any correlation and maybe try again to see if there's a change.Suzanna> > There is some protection against IBD (Crohn's and UC) in breastfed > infants, but it's not 100%:

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