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Get your thyroid properly checked. There is a gigantic link btwn celiac and thyroid problems. uote name='elle's mom' date='14 March 2010 - 01:21 AM' timestamp='1268544091' post='598527'] OK, here comes a semi-rant: Since being on the gluten free diet (also dairy free), it has been almost 9 months, I have lost 30+ pounds. This is not a good thing...

no offense but you're going a little overboard. only 15% of the population has the antibodies - 85% are exactly in the same boat you are....thats why there are guidelines to follow. btw - those same guidelines apply to listeria which is actually more prevelant. even if you had the antibodies, you'd still have to eat the same way. if it makes you feel...

if it makes you feel better i just finished pregnancy #2 and it was completely different than my 1st which was also a HUGE disaster due to gluten...i was strict about the diet and called Dr. Peter Green (my md) at Columbia as soon as the test came back positive. he said and his nutritionist both said the same thing 1) gluten-free diet 2) freeda prenatal...

i just want to add - that i agree you should wait as long as you can stand it. i've btdt w/ 2 pregnancies...its not just about getting pregnant b/c i easily got knocked up easily both times. (i guess i was lucky) its about the difficulties of the actual pregnancy. for my first, i had no idea i had celiac and was in and out of the hospital about 10 times...

1. When you eat out at a restaurant do you worry about cross contamination? YES, BUT I TRY TO NOT THINK ABOUT IT AT ALL SO I CAN SIT AND ENJOY MY MEAL. 2. How has being diagnosed with celiac or gluten intolerance affected the way you eat out? Has it affected your social life? IT'S LIMITED THE NUMBER OF MY CHOICES, WHICH SOMETIMES MAKES ME DEPRESSED....

give yourself a break & know that you're doing everything you can to be on top of this...i wasn't diagnosed until i was 30 and had lots of problems. I certaintly don't blame it on my mother. The only thing we can do as mothers is do our best. there are lots of gluten-free alternatives to kids food. it would help if you listed which 5 foods he likes...

sometimes GI specialists have good recommendations for a local pediatrician. if you can find a local pediatric gastro-intestinal specialist, he/she will probably have a good recommendation for you. you might want to see one anyway with your daughters issues. yes - your child can have celiac but a child cannot be properly diagnosed until 5 years old....

rice krispies has malt which is made from barley....stay away from anything that contains malt.

i had a similar situation and after a couple months of being gluten free it seemed to resolve itself - thankfully. I'm actually pregnant & my constipation has severly acted up again. Milk of Magnesia (2 tbsp) at night seems to be the only thing that does the trick.

i've been hyperactive for a while & it turned out i have benign nodular goiter - thyroid conditions of any kind are common in celiacs....

I also love Tini's - its like Lumi but has a great martini menu. For any of you that haven't tried it - its an upscale italian place on the Upper East Side. Sambuca - on the Upper West Side is also gluten free. Its more of a family style italian...but I've enjoyed it. Also, I've heard the ethiopian place downtown Ghenet is great! You have to call...

Thank you for this - actually dr green is my doctor & I had a long conversation with him about this. He's the one that told me to breast feed and introduce crumbs at 4 months. I ended up reading a long research article that stated there is a small window between 4-6 months where the gut is fully formed and ready to accept new foods - but if you miss...

Hi - I'm happy to help w/any questions...but a bunch are for your md. I'm in my 2nd pregnancy now and I'm much calmer than I was the first time. The first time, I was crazy with a zillion questions but your doctor is used to answering all the basics - dying hair, cat litter, etc... Personally - I would hole off on dying your hair until your doctors...

I guess that you got luckier than I did. My husband surprised me with a box full of the cupcakes & they were aweful. They were so dry that I could barely even eat them....I felt horrible by the way. He totally went out of his way to get them but he agreed with me. I ended up given them away to a mom in my daughters preschool class b/c her son has...

Hi Everyone - I was hoping some of you can help me. I'm pregnant w/ my second & I am the one with celiac. Luckily my daughter is fine (she's 6). I had no idea that I had celiac when she was born and hated breast feeding - so I pumped it out for 10 weeks then quit. I really don't want to breast feed with the 2nd but the celiac doctor said it...