Bread With Extra Gluten

[B'sgirl]

My first child was born a month early. The first few months after that (while nursing him) I regularly ate homemade bread with extra gluten in it. The bread was great. My theory, however, is that more than a trace amount of this gluten made it into my child's not-fully-developed intestines through my breast milk. The gluten made it far enough through his system that the body thought it was an invader and built antibodies to fight it. Several months after he was born his intestines could handle the gluten fine. However, whenever his body sees the gluten now the antibodies kick up and cause intestinal damage. Does that theory sound correct? In summary, don't eat bread with extra gluten (most chewy, whole-wheat breads) the first few months of nursing and go without it your last month of pregnancy as well.

[Fiddle-Faddle]

Umm, most of us here on this board can't eat bread with any gluten, whether we are nursing or not!

And it is already proven that gluten crosses into breastmilk.

But I'll take your theory another direction.

I was undiagnosed until way after my kids were born. And I had the pregnancies from hell--I threw up from the moment of conception until delivery, and couldn't keep anything down.

But guess what they tell you to eat first thing in the morning when you have morning sickness (or morning noon and night sickness)?

CRACKERS.

And I could never keep them down.

[slmprofesseur]

I had the pregnancy from hell. I had heartburn really bad and Zantac didn't help. I also had some serious asthmas issues. I was eventually diagnosed at 28 wks as having a growth problem. I had to go to the ob's office biweekly for a Non-stress test and BPP. The continual consumption of gluten eventually (in my opinion) my placenta to stop working. My son was born ay 33 wks and it took him a month to gain 1 lb. He also had b-f jaundice. He developed a horrible rash on his body at 10 mos... that was like eczema or even ringworm (according to the daycare...) and wheezing.

(I myself had some intestinal issues that worsened postpartum. )

My son never had a normal stool. It was foul and runny until last week!!!

The gluten does cross into breastmilk just as other common allergens such as eggs, milk, nuts, soy, and shellfish!

Fiddle-Faddle, I had the same reaction to the crackers last time also!

[dandelionmom]

I ate the same way (gluteny) while nursing all of my kids and only one of the three has celiac disease. She actually exhibited few symptoms before she weaned at 15 months.

I was also undiagnosed with my pregnancies and was so super sick. And yeah, I'm sure those crackers really helped!