Hi All, Im New

[missmommy]

hi everyone, im new to all this.

um my mom found out she had celiac disease almost a year ago. her dr told her to tell her children and grandchildren to be tested. well i never heard of it before, so i lagged. but finally a few weeks ago i took myself and my two children to get a blood test for it. dr called yesterday and said the kids test came out ok but my didnt.

first off my dr never heard of the disease either so when i asked for the blood test she still didnt get what i wanted it for. but i guess the lab sent it all the way to c.a.

i asked the dr what i was suppose to do (since im 8 weeks pregnant). she said she wasnt sure, to ask my obgyn to set me up with a dietician.

so then i called my mom and she said since im preggo they probably wouldnt be able to confirm the results without a biopsy. then she told me to maybe just not eat bread.

i am totally confused, can anyone relate?

[BRUMI1968]

Hi. You definitely need to read on this site and elsewhere about going gluten-free, especially since you are pregnant. There is a book called "gluten free for dummies" which is a decent place to start. There are also folks on here who have a newbie packet. You should post a post asking for it.

Good luck to you! It's going to be difficult, but it's so going to be worth it for your health in the long run.

[mftnchn]

Hi. You definitely need to read on this site and elsewhere about going gluten-free, especially since you are pregnant.

I agree, and welcome to the forum. There is a wealth of information here, you should know that going gluten-lite isn't enough. There is a lot to learn and adjust to.

There are many many choices of food that you can eat though, so don't worry about not having enough nutrition for your baby.

Usually the positive blood test is followed by a biopsy as I understand it but I don't know what happens if you are pregnant since the endoscopy is a general anesthesia procedure.