lactose in breast milk?

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

I have a 2&1/2 year old who is still nursing and has been on the SCD diet since

last January for gluten sensitivity/celiac. We have not made the progress I

would have hoped as far as weight gain, sleeping through the night, troubles

with constipation and regular BM's. We do seem to have mostly gotton rid of the

yeast but her diet is still very limited (meat, fish, cooked fruit, no veggies

but split pea soup cooked for hours, some cheese, yogurt, avocado, banana). We

did just eliminate about a month ago some things that looked " legal " from the

labels (organic applesauce and Sheldon's turkey sausage) and starting cooking

just about everything from scratch.She gets food fatigue at times and just won't

eat certain things. She is often scratching at her stomach. I have had to give

her prunes to help with the constipation because she was bleeding with a BM. I

just ordered some SCD enzymes to see if that would help her.

It wasn't my plan to still nurse this long, but sometimes she won't eat and is

just begging to nurse. I have let her continue because I figure it is easy to

digest and is gentle on her stomach. But yesterday I began to wonder about the

lactose in breast milk? Would that screw up your digestion if you have a

damaged gut? Did Elaine ever write about this or address it in her research?

Thanks,

toddler-gluten sensitive/celiad SCD since Jan 2009

[Guest guest]

At 06:40 PM 11/30/2009, you wrote:

It wasn't my plan to still nurse

this long, but sometimes she won't eat and is just begging to nurse. I

have let her continue because I figure it is easy to digest and is gentle

on her stomach. But yesterday I began to wonder about the lactose in

breast milk? Would that screw up your digestion if you have a damaged

gut? Did Elaine ever write about this or address it in her

research?

,

Are you, yourself, following SCD while you are continuing to nurse

her?

If you are not, then " stuff " from what you are eating can get

into your breast milk and can affect her.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Yes, I am, because I am also gluten sensitive/celiac. I think the only thing I

am eating right now that I am not 100% sure on is an occasional canned olive

(that is label legal) and canned butternut squash (that is organic and I had

called the company about, I believe last winter). I am just assuming that even

though breastmilk is 7% lactose it will be okay, but am looking for anything

else I can try. (But we did only go " fanatical " about a month ago---before that

we had a few items that looked SCD okay by the labels--but I hadn't checked.)

She has only gained maybe 3 pounds since last January. I just started the SCD

enzymes last night...maybe that will be the extra push she needs?

Thanks,

& toddler, gluten sensitive/celiac

SCD since end of January.

> >It wasn't my plan to still nurse this long, but

> >sometimes she won't eat and is just begging to

> >nurse. I have let her continue because I figure

> >it is easy to digest and is gentle on her

> >stomach. But yesterday I began to wonder about

> >the lactose in breast milk? Would that screw up

> >your digestion if you have a damaged gut? Did

> >Elaine ever write about this or address it in her research?

>

> ,

>

> Are you, yourself, following SCD while you are continuing to nurse her?

>

> If you are not, then " stuff " from what you are

> eating can get into your breast milk and can affect her.

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>