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  Girl Ninja said:

I was pregnant once before I had my son. I had HORRIBLE "morning" sickness. It lasted all day. I'd get sick like every 10 minutes. I only ate saltines and watered down apple juice. I ended up losing 40 lbs in about a month and miscarrying. It was before I ever heard of Celiac or had symptoms myself. Now I have all sorts of questions about it. Could that have triggered my intolerance? (probably) Was it possible that that child was Celiac? I didn't have any of the problems with my son, which adds more questions. I was vegetarian with him and starting to really develop symptoms like hives and headaches. I didn't get sick once through the whole pregnancy, though and he shows no signs of any trouble with gluten.

Now that I know it's possible any child I carry could be Celiac, I will be super careful if I get the opportunity to try again. I wouldn't want to risk any of the problems I encountered the first time. I really thought I might die and now I think that it was probably no easier for that baby.

Celiac is in your DNA. Not everyone has typical symptoms. So relatives are fooled into thinking they have nothing wrong until other illnesses appear. A child should be tested by age of 2 but speak with your gastroenterologist who specializes in Celiac.

  jaimek said:

Hello! I am currenlty in my 11th week of pregnancy and have been having very bad morning sickness that gets progressively worse as the day goes on. I saw my obgyn yesterday and he prescribed Zofran. Unfortunately, when I called Glaxo SmithKline, they informed me that Zofran is not gluten free. Does anyone have any other suggestions for nausea/vomiting? I am also traveling this weekend and get motion sickness as well. Not looking forward to it. I know constant snacking helps but does not do the trick for me. Any help is much appreciated!!!!

Many years ago I was given thorazine pills and suppositories. I wasn't psychotic but those types of drugs help relieve nausea. I had to take it, it was the only thing keeping me alive. I was in the hospital so many times near death and they finally found this drug worked for me. This was 29 years ago so do the research and check about side affects. It worked for me at the time.

  Fiddle-Faddle said:

Is there a documented connection with hyperemesis and undiagnosed celiac? I'm starting to get the idea that there must be a link from some of the recent posts. I had terrible hyperemesis for the entire pregnancy with all three of my pregnancies (gee, now I understand why I couldn't keep the crackers down!), but nobocy even mentioned the possibility of celiac to me. Anybody?

I just found out about 10 years ago that I had hypermesis when I was pregnant. My son is now 29 years old. At that time I was very ill and almost died a couple of times. I was 40 when I read an article about hypermesis and started to investigate. About 14 years ago I was diagnosed with Celiac Sprue. They hypermesis foundation is doing studies to find out if there is a connection. I had so much nausea and still do today. When I was pregnant I lost 15 pounds in 3 days. I couldn't even drink water without throwing up.

I think there is a definite connection.