Hey, I don't know much about the links between celiac and infertility, I know that I am not as fertile as regular women, although I have not had the testing done, but my Dr. did tell me that I have a way less chance to conceive. My friends at work who are both infertile, found Clomed, I think that is how it is spelled, Anyhow you can buy it on the net, and it helps women who don't ovulate and who are infertile to conceive, I have not tried it myself since I am only 23 and not ready for a family, try looking at web md, there are alot of forums out there for women who are trying to conceive, and a lot of good advice, and methods to use...Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Good Luck.

Be sure to see the Fertility, Pregnancy, Miscarriage and Celiac Disease section in the Celiac Disease Research: Associated Diseases and Disorders category.

Check out a Homeopathic/Nutritional Supplement alternative. Nutritional Supplements help target the root cause of the infertility ...help ovulation etc.

I have celiac disease and was successful in bearing a child. I did conceive two times with the first dying one week to due date. It is not known if that is linked to the disease. My son is now 23 years old and his sister would have been 27. So to link celiac and infertility...I can say I support that connection. By the way, my son does not have celiac disease or any brain disorder. He is very intelligent and well rounded.

Hi Courtney!
Sure do appreciate your frustration, hope this will help. It's not only low iodine, but an underlying thyroid insufficiency which contributes to the difficulty getting pregnant and miscarrying that many women experience prior to their diagnosis.


Also if you're trying to get pregnant, I suggest look into starting folic acid supplements right now, since spina bifida and other neural tube defects are higher in women with gluten intolerance, whose folic acid absorption is greatly reduced for up to several years due to long term gut healing after going gluten free.

All the best with your quest for a baby!
Georgina

I understand pefectally - I was not diagnosed until 2001, age 62 - now my earlier years make sense - I had baby #1 - then I had a serious breakout of Dermatitis Herpetiformis - blisters the size of English peas - could not get pregnant - finally 5 years later my Dermatitis Herpetiformis subsided - amazing I got pregnant with baby #2 and 18 months later baby #3. So I would say from experience, it takes a while for our bodies to heal after serious outbreaks of Celiac Disease/Dermatitis Herpetiformis - give yourself time and I am sure you will have that beautiful baby you are praying for. Have faith - relax and it will happen - when all else fails, stand on your head - a friend told me that as a joke, but I even did that - I was desperate for that second baby - good luck and God bless you.

I would be looking for a more up to date Doctor. I was married 5 years before my 1st baby, nothing wrong with her. My 2nd one had all sorts of odd ball problems, but I had a wise baby MD. All in all 11 babies, 5 living. I have a congenial heart defect. But that didn't stop the babies from coming. I am recently diagnosed with sprue but I think I have had it all of my life, possibly born with it.

Go and get tested. I'm currently going to a fertility treatment to find out why I can't get pregnant. I had several fibroids and then a myomectomy two years ago. I was diagnosed with celiac in 2000. I have what I called unidentified inability to conceive. I just hope the infertility specialist can tell me why. Go to the fertility specialist because if you don't go...you'll never know.

Please don't give up...all of you! I too had problems conceiving. I am just now wondering if I have celiac disease, have not been tested yet, but have a lot of the symptoms of the disease. I do have twins (thru IVF and a surrogate). Even though I could not get pregnant, at least I do have my babies! Please see an infertility specialist. Don't give up on your dream!! When there's a will, there's a way. Good luck to all you mommies-to-be!

I was diagnosed with Endometriosis when I was 17 and married at 19, I am now 28 and divorced for 3 years, I was told that I would never fall pregnant, and that my left ovary did not work as it should and only the right was working. I tired IUI when I was 23 I think and had no success, I split up with my husband after 6 years and then was diagnosed with Celiac Disease and chronic reflux gastritis’s and was told that would affect my chances of having kids even more. Now I have a new wonderful man that I had fallen pregnant with at the start of 2009, but it was a ectopic pregnancy in the right tube and they had to remove my tube. So now where do i stand no right tube, and a left ovary that does not work right. I think that is one of the worse things that can happen for people like us when it s so hard to conceive and then they take that precious life away from us before we get the chance to meet them. (Sorry I still struggle with that) It hurt more than anything. I have not been able to fall again and starting to wonder why this is happening to me, but after reading everyone's comments it is happening to a lot of different women, and i wish all the luck in the world. I have wondered many of times on what I can do to try and fall pregnant and I have spoken to the doctors and they say the only way I will have kids is through IVF, All i ever wanted was to be a Mum and would love any help that people might have in different alternatives. Thank you and good luck all