[Bethinjapan]

I am now in the process of being diagnosed, but am about 95% sure I'm celiac regardless of what the tests say. So now I'm wondering if this could be why I was super extremely sick throughout my last two pregnancies, to the point of being hospitalized for IV fluids. I lost 35 pounds with my first and 30 with my second (which I, unfortunately gained back after their birth). Both my babies were small-ish, 5 and 6 lbs. We've been trying to conceive our third for about five years now...probably infertility due to untreated celiac. I'm hopeful I will become fertile again after going gluten free, and if so, I'm VERY (like, you don't even know how VERY) hopeful that the morning sickness (more like all day and night sickness) was related and won't be so bad. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

[glutenfreeaussiegirl]

Bethinjapan, on Jul 9 2009, 08:34 AM, said:

I am now in the process of being diagnosed, but am about 95% sure I'm celiac regardless of what the tests say. So now I'm wondering if this could be why I was super extremely sick throughout my last two pregnancies, to the point of being hospitalized for IV fluids. I lost 35 pounds with my first and 30 with my second (which I, unfortunately gained back after their birth). Both my babies were small-ish, 5 and 6 lbs. We've been trying to conceive our third for about five years now...probably infertility due to untreated celiac. I'm hopeful I will become fertile again after going gluten free, and if so, I'm VERY (like, you don't even know how VERY) hopeful that the morning sickness (more like all day and night sickness) was related and won't be so bad. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

Hey Bethinjapan

I had my first baby 19 months ago, and spent the first 5 weeks of my pregnancy having extreme stomach cramps and then the following 25 weeks with horrible morning sickness. No where near as bad as you sound like you've been, but it was bad. I was undiagnosed at that point as well, and am really hoping that when I fall pregnant with number 2 (fingers crossed soon!) I will not be so sick, as I'm now fully gluten free.
I'm sure the two things must be related.
anyway, really good luck with everything, I hope you get pregnant soon.

[Fiddle-Faddle]

I had hyperemesis with all three babies, for the whole pregnancy. With the third, it went away about a week before she was born--but I don't remember what I was or wasn't eating that week! I didn't go off gluten until years later.

I also had pre-eclampsia with the first.

[wannaBAmama]

I had 5 first trimester m/c before discovering I am likely celiac (never ended up getting an official diagnosis). With each of those pg, I also had horrible gas pains and cramps (worse than when I wasn't pg - not realizing all my life I had been having more gas and cramping than what is normal) and terrible morning sickness too. I could barely eat or sleep and always lost at least 10 pounds before I'd eventually miscarry.

With the 2 pg I've had since going gluten-free, the stomach/gas pains vanished but I still had pretty bad morning sickness. Unfortunately I lost the first gluten-free pg at 10w due to downs, but am now having a picture perfect (so far) pg - 24 weeks along now with a healthy girl. With this pg, the morning sickness was between 6-12 weeks but did not lose any weight- although let me tell you I'm packing it on now in the 2nd trimester. Now I get a little nauseaus every now and then but nothing like the first trimester.

good luck to you both!

[Bethinjapan]

Thanks for your replies! I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens. I will probably still hold onto some hope that celiac was at least partly to blame, but I'm sorry to hear you still had some morning sickness. Glad to hear it wasn't quite as bad though, and you're on your way to a healthy little girl! Congratulations and great blessings to both of you!!

[MommaTara]

Is there a way to keep this thread going? even going onto other forums and asking this question... like mothering and so on. there is just not enough research put into this area (HG condition) and the 1% of women who are affected are debilitated to the point of absolute misery. I had 3 pg and lost my 2nd due to the HG condition and had it for 40 weeks with my 3rd pg. It is worse then I imagine the worst to be. Throwing up every few minutes and not being able to drink more then a tsp, at a time. I have 13 cavities since having babies from all the acid of the throw up and still feel weak through my entire body from the experiences.It is horrifying to me to fathom doing it again. Yet I have faith that I can find a connection somewhere to be able to experience a healthy pregnancy. I am in the midst of discovering I am gluten sensitive as are my kids. Oh. Yes I am interested to know if there is a connection. This may sound strange but of all the women I know who have had this condition or even strong morning sickness, they all have a deep vertical line in middle of forehead/eyebrow area, including myself. In Chinese medicine this is the liver area. Just thought I would throw that into the mix as I know liver gets affected by stress body is put under by having Celiac. Thank you to who started this thread!!!!

[MommaTara]

Bethinjapan, on Jul 11 2009, 07:14 PM, said:

Thanks for your replies! I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens. I will probably still hold onto some hope that celiac was at least partly to blame, but I'm sorry to hear you still had some morning sickness. Glad to hear it wasn't quite as bad though, and you're on your way to a healthy little girl! Congratulations and great blessings to both of you!!

Do not forget that it takes years to fully recover from the damage eating gluten has done to those with celiac. I say this cuz women who conceive only a year or 2 after being clear of gluten are still in a fragile state and lowered immune system so who is to say that celiac is not fully the thing to look at here? of course i know there are bound to be other factors but celiac creates a lot of chaos in the body.

[marmar]

I had hyperemesis with my first and am doing OK with the current pregnancy. Part of the problem with my first (I think) was I didn't know enough of my options for what I could eat to counter act the hyperemesis. My doctors were clueless as they told everyone "crackers" and so forth. The gluten-free crackers I like are made of nuts- not good for hyperemesis.

Things that helped:

Pamela's pancakes!
Baked Potato
Rice Puffs (not my favorite)
Corn Chips
Refried Beans
Corn Flakes
Regular Coca Cola (Don't know why)
Popcorn

That's all I can think of for the moment.

[Bethinjapan]

Thanks everyone for your replies! I happened to come across this in my searching. Thought you might be interested! http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...&pid=239583 Looks like I'm not the only one who's wondered about this!

Blessings!
Bethany

[lizard00]

I'm 28 weeks with my second one. I really didn't have a whole lot of sickness with the first, and I've had even less with this one. The remarkable thing for me is that my stomach has overall been calmer and I've felt better since I've been pregnant than before I got pregnant.

I know pregnancy affects every woman differently, but according to all the info out there, I should be sick as a dog during pregnancy because I get motion sickness and my stomach is pretty touchy... but for me it did just the opposite. Could be that once you figure out what's causing you to be ill (if gluten-free does help), removing it will do wonders for you, and you may not be destined to repeat the past... just some positive thoughts for you.

[txplowgirl]

I just had to respond.
I am 45 and I have a son who will be 26 yrs old the 13th of this month.
I have been sick since I was 7 or 8 years old. Anyway, I first became pg at 18, was so sick I could barely move. Projectile vomiting, almost constant D, there were times my nose would start bleeding and I couldn't stop it for about an hour. From 3rd week until right at 6 months. Had to be hospitalized because of premature labor. Preclampsia, high blood pressure and gestational diabetes.
Complete bed rest for another month and a half. Son was born at 7 and a half months. he was 5 lbs. 6 and a half oz.s. He has had a few development and learning problems. But I love him to death. At 2 yrs old tried to start giving him siblings. Had 7 miscarriages in 5 yrs.
Here it is 20 something years later, been gluten free almost 4 months now. I feel better than I have ever in my life and seriously wondering "Maybe?" In a year from now. Am I crazy for thinking this,? Yes, But I have always wanted another 1.

[Ahorsesoul]

Have two children. With both, I was horribly sick from the two week point (before I even knew I might be with child) until I delivered. I finally found I could eat a steak for breakfast instead of the crackers the doctor kept telling me to try. At that point in my life I didn't know I should be eating gluten free. Sure wish I had because I hated being so sick and after twice I wasn't doing it again. lol

[silly celiac]

I've been gluten-free for two years now and am almost 14 weeks with my first. I had extreme nausea and fatigue for about 2 months which was followed by daily dry heaves. I've only puked twice.... mostly I've had symptoms from the other direction, even before knowing I was pregnant. I thought it was gluten, but now I really believe it was just my version of morning sickness. I've never been much of a puker, but my body sure learned from celiac disease how to clean out from the other end!

My doctor recommended taking papaya with my meals to help with the nausea. I was skeptical, but I do think it has helped some. Plus eating small meals and snacking frequently has really helped keep me in balance.

[Thyme]

Bethinjapan, on Jul 9 2009, 08:34 AM, said:

I am now in the process of being diagnosed, but am about 95% sure I'm celiac regardless of what the tests say. So now I'm wondering if this could be why I was super extremely sick throughout my last two pregnancies, to the point of being hospitalized for IV fluids. I lost 35 pounds with my first and 30 with my second (which I, unfortunately gained back after their birth). Both my babies were small-ish, 5 and 6 lbs. We've been trying to conceive our third for about five years now...probably infertility due to untreated celiac. I'm hopeful I will become fertile again after going gluten free, and if so, I'm VERY (like, you don't even know how VERY) hopeful that the morning sickness (more like all day and night sickness) was related and won't be so bad. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

Hi Beth,
I am not celiac, but almost dies twice with hyperemesis gravidarum ~ which looks like extreme morning sickness. Both babies turned out to be gluten intolerant, like their father, although we still need to test them for celiac. We are totally gluten free, so it hasn't been required. They are 8 & 4. I wasn't sick with their little brother at all, he's 1 1/2 now, so going gluten free worked! I didn't even know I was pregnant until 3 months, because I wasn't in the hospital or 80 lbs, so I though I was just needing more protein. I didn't throw up once, & he was 3 lbs bigger than his brothers. Good luck!

[Coleslawcat]

I had hyperemesis with both my children. The second pregnancy was severe HG requiring hospitalization, and spending the remainder of my pregnancy on home health care with an IV and zofran pump. Both were prior to my diagnosis which was just last week. I was diagnosed similarly to you, I went in for a very minor complaint having no idea that celiac was even a possibility and was fully biopsied and diagnosed within a week. Something important I've learned in the last week is that the tablet form of zofran contains gluten. There is an oral liquid form and of course the liquid IV form I got in my pump. I had been TTC my third child when I got this diagnosis. I still plan to do so relatively soon, but we put it on hold a few months to get the diet figured out first. I hope being gluten free will make for a better pregnancy, but I don't have much hope since I was so ill I was literally not eating anything, thus I wasn't consuming gluten. My nourishment came intraveneously.