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Old wives tale?

vnstacievnstacie member
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I saw a LC today... 

She told me eating steel cut oats to promote milk is an old wives tale?? 

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  • dannie2011dannie2011 member
    Well it might be an accurate one for some ppl cause it sure works for me. Actually even eating homemade oatmeal cookies works for me but heck what do I know. The old wives tale about heartburn and baby having hair was spot on too Hmm

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    imagedannie2011:
    Well it might be an accurate one for some ppl cause it sure works for me. Actually even eating homemade oatmeal cookies works for me but heck what do I know. The old wives tale about heartburn and baby having hair was spot on too Hmm

    Agreed on both. I was on Rx for the heartburn and LO had a full head of hair! =) 

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    It worked for me! 
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    imagedannie2011:
    Well it might be an accurate one for some ppl cause it sure works for me. Actually even eating homemade oatmeal cookies works for me but heck what do I know. The old wives tale about heartburn and baby having hair was spot on too Hmm

    That is actually true!  The same hormones that influence fetal hair growth affect the mother's digestive system in such a way that heartburn is more likely.

    It's not true for everyone of course.

    OP oatmeal worked for me but not longterm.  It's worth a shot!

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  • vnstacievnstacie member

    I've been eating my oatmeal.

    I just thought it was weird that she said that to me.

     

     

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  • Holly_1007Holly_1007 member

    I had zero heartburn during my pregnancy and my son was born with a full head of hair, like legit needed a haircut so he would still look like a boy....

                           
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    imageholly71087:

    I had zero heartburn during my pregnancy and my son was born with a full head of hair, like legit needed a haircut so he would still look like a boy....


    "That is actually true!  The same hormones that influence fetal hair growth affect the mother's digestive system in such a way that heartburn is more likely.

    It's not true for everyone of course.

    OP oatmeal worked for me but not longterm.  It's worth a shot!"

     

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    imagekcl22:

    imagedannie2011:
    The old wives tale about heartburn and baby having hair was spot on too.

    That is actually true!  The same hormones that influence fetal hair growth affect the mother's digestive system in such a way that heartburn is more likely.

    It's not true for everyone of course.

    Yeah, not true for me. I had terrible heartburn that started at 14 weeks and got progressively worse throughout the pregnancy. I ate about 15 Tums a day, was on Zantac, and slept with about 47 pillows to keep somewhat upright, which was the only way I could sleep with the pain. DD was born bald and is still bald at 9 months (see sig).

    I think the same goes for oatmeal helping milk supply. True for some, not for others. It didn't have any effect on my supply.

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