Ellymay

I too had a miscarriage before my current pregnancy but you can't blame yourself if that happens - they can be caused by any number of reasons and are most often nature's way of dealing with a fetus that wouldn't have lived anyway. Personally, if I was 38 I wouldn't be waiting for the perfect time unless there are obvious health reasons to wait. However...

Thanks Lisa Yes I am being careful to avoid gluten however I often find that even after a restaurant assures me the dish is gluten free I end up getting glutened. All together safer (and cheaper) to eat at home! Anyhow, I went to see my midwife today and she advises it will be the iron tablets and to switch to a chelated form of iron which is much more...

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced dark green coloured diarhhoea while on high strength iron supplements? I have been getting this a lot lately while also exhausted and having the usual gluten type abdominal symptoms. Am 33 weeks pregnant and have been on prescribed iron pills for a couple of weeks now. I had expected to get constipated while...

THanks Love2travel. Any experience of Spain? I will be 3 weeks in Spain and 1 in Rome. I have found the following blog which is helpful: Open Original Shared Link The same author has done one for Barcelona, from which I found this guide to eating gluten free in Barcelona Open Original Shared Link So I am getting the impression that in...

Wow Domestic Activist! Thanks for all your work on this! I'm not surpised by the male response and it kind of confirms my fears that people won't automatically know that pregnant women need to avoid eating, let alone get the gluten thing. I think I will limit my food choices too much if people think I am a true coeliac but I don't want to get sick from...

Further to above, I think I will just avoid anything obviously gluteny and see how I go. If I get really sick, then I can start using the travel cards.

Hi everyone Thanks for all your tips and for establishing my femininity! I am re-thinking this at present. I do not have full blown coeliac disease but it seemed easier to state that on the card than try to explain that a tiny amount of gluten is probably ok. I am fully expecting to get glutened on my trip and as long as it is not happening all the...

Hi folks I am about to go to Spain and Italy for a month and have just found out I am pregnant! So food choices are getting even slimmer. I have made a travel card using the babel fish website and want to know that this card really is an accurate translation of the english version. I would be really grateful if a spanish/italian speaker could check...

I am considering a holiday to New Caledonia. Looks like quite a good place for gourmet food with a strong French influence. I am salivating at the pictures of their breads and pastries! But don't fancy watching hubby eat them in front of me! Has anyone been there before? Do you know if they have many gluten free options? My husband and I are both foodies...

Just reread your posts again! So it's not always a case of cross-contamination. That is interesting. Would be interesting to know how many people who have problems with gluten also have problems with oats.

Thanks However I really doubt it is a cross contamination issue for me. I regularly have soy sauce with wheat in it and have no problems. I am wary of cutting out ALL gluten as have been advised that the body can become hyper sensitive to it if that is done and life is so much easier when you can tolerate a small amount! The trick for me is working out...

I am gluten intolerant not coeliac. The other day I thought I would try oats for the first time in ages. So I had several muesli bars made with about 80% oats. I then developed sore inflammed and bleeding gums which I used to have before going off gluten. Also had digestive systems but hubby did too so maybe that was a tummy bug. Have stopped eating oats...

Thanks for your advice Neroli A friend of mine has coeliac disease and her dietician advises patients to keep a tiny amount of gluten in their diet (i.e. may be produced on the same packaging line as a gluten product) to avoid becoming hypersensitive to gluten (except for those who are already hypersensitive of course). I have had similar advice with...

Thanks Rose and Nora I will ask my gastroenterologist about getting the gene test done- at least that way I may be able to rule out coeliacs. Although I suspect I do have it- or an intolerance. I have seen the following symptoms clear up over the last month- bad smelling diarrhoea, headaches, constant fatigue, mouth ulcers and inflamed gums, foggy brain...

hmm... more questions for the Dr. It all seems a bit subjective- it's a pity that the classifications aren't more standardised (I am in NZ by the way). And another question: I got a copy of the report in the mail today which states "moderate patchy erythematous and post bulbar duodenitis was evident" from the visual examination. Does this just mean...