Is anyone avoiding peanut butter?

greeneyed_bride

I've eaten peanut butter almost every day for the past two weeks, and then a pregnant friend of mine said that eating peanut butter can increase your baby's risk of peanut allergies! I looked it up online, and I've seen mixed opinions. Apparently some doctors say that it's fine, and others say that you shouldn't eat too much of it, especially in the third trimester:

https://www.babycenter.com/404_is-it-safe-to-eat-peanut-butter-during-pregnancy_10315711.bc

Has anyone else heard of this? Are you avoiding peanut butter? Also, is anyone else starting to feel like you're going to be living on nothing but celery and organic corn flakes until you give birth??

speckledfrog

I am not avoiding.

paytonsmom08

I read somewhere that nuts were good for you when you are pregnant. So I have been eating peanuts and peanut butter.

EllasMommy2010

No, I am eating peanut butter.  I ate a ton while pregnant with DD too.  She has no peanut allergies.

sherpa

I'm not. I didn't eat pb with my son and he IS allergic to peanuts and all kinds of other stuff when neither DH nor I have any allergies.

tak2002

Ainslie325:

No, I'm not.  There is no reliable scientific evidence that finds a causal relationship between peanut allergies and prenatal peanut butter consumption.  Everything in moderation.

This exactly.

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salt78

I'm actually craving peanut butter. Up until about a week ago I loathed the stuff.

k3montel

My dr. said peanut butter is fine, but that you should try to get a pb with the least amount of ingredients.  So I bought an organic pb, and it's delicious!

MI-bride

I asked my Dr.s while I was pregnant with DS and each of them (5) rolled their eyes and said that there wasn't a risk that somewhere down the line, a new "old" wives tale was started.

DS LOVES pb

Randy'sgirl52409

I ate peanut butter and peaiut products throughout my entire pregnancy AS WELL AS have given peanut butter to my LO at the ripe ole age of 7 months. We do not have a family history of food allergies. No reactions what so ever and LO LOVES All Natural peanut butter on wheat. It depends on your comfort level with trying it earlier.

SweetBaby2004

I am not avoiding it for that but I am avoiding it because the smell makes me sick right now.

kcvasquez

My OB said peanut butter is a great way to make sure you're getting all of your protein without eating tons of meat! There are not a lot of studies done on this and honestly I don't think all of our mom's avoided peanut butter throughout pregnancy and how many of us have peanut allergies? If a parent has an allergy the child is more likely to have it, however if you have an allergy to a food you're not going to eat it anyway!

Enami

Damn, LO will probably die if he ever enters a room with peanuts sitting in it. I eat a peanut butter sandwich every night before bed, and have most of my pregnancy. Peanuts are great sources of protein, and I hate chicken now. I think you're fine.

ThePrincessAndTheBumblebee

I'm not avoiding it. It's a great source of protein!

My own personal opinion/theory is that this would be something very difficult to research. Peanut allergies are SO common that it would be hard to say one specific thing caused it. I would also assume that if eating a food during pregnancy could cause an allergy then anything we ate would become a potential allergen. Just my 2 cents! 

KatelynEA90

I've heard various things about 'what you eat when pregnant/breastfeeding affects the child's allergies', but I don't buy it.

I don't plan on avoiding peanut butter. My mother ate spoonfuls of peanut butter while she was pregnant with me and I have no allergies to peanuts or any of nuts.

ferris0906

KatelynEA90:

I've heard various things about 'what you eat when pregnant/breastfeeding affects the child's allergies', but I don't buy it.

I don't plan on avoiding peanut butter. My mother ate spoonfuls of peanut butter while she was pregnant with me and I have no allergies to peanuts or any of nuts.

Absolutely this.  One of my mom's favorite pregnancy stories (when she was pregnant with me and I have no food allergies) involves a PB craving.  However, she had not made a PB sandwich in a long time, so she slathered both sides of the bread with the stuff.  She tried to eat it while driving and had to stop to get something to drink because she could not chew/swallow because of the insane amount of PB she was trying to eat.  I say go ahead and eat--in moderation, you don't want to choke!

maeganb12

I eat as much as I can get, before I got pg I hated it and now I cant get enough!!!

hillbillysunshine

Not avoiding but I'm so sick, it doesn't sound appetizing.  Those "your kid will get food allergies" studies are all over the board.  From introducing foods too early, to not introducing a variety, to eating too much while pg, to avoiding all together while pg.  I ignore all of them b/c where do you start?!  The only thing I did with DD was avoided the food that could harm her b/c of their immature systems or choking hazards, e.g. dairy, peanuts, honey, etc.

balihaigirl

Absolutely not, I love peanut butter -- especially while pregnant!   I lived off PB&J early in the first trimester.  It's pretty much all I could stomach.

iPOAS

If there is not history of peanut or tree nut allergies in your or dh's familes, there is no evidence that reducing pb intake will reduce the chances of the baby having an allergy.  In fact, some studies show evidence in the other direction.

Unfortunately, I'm severly allergic to tree nuts, so I've been told to avoid pb and tree nuts.  I LOVE pb.  I'm dying. 

cjevar

Definitely not avoiding it, I eat it 4-5 times a week and did with my dd, my sister said something similar about the peanut allergy thing. But figures she never ate it and her dd has the peanut allergy and not mine...

tartaruga

There's actually evidence that the opposite is true - that avoiding peanuts increases your baby's chances of having an allergy. That's part of the reason that peanut allergies increased in countries once doctors started recommending pregnant women avoid peanuts while they stayed low in countries where kids have lots of early exposure to nuts.

 https://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1968474,00.html