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Pregnancy/BF - DH has allergies

CRLSMC2011CRLSMC2011
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My DH has severe nut allergies (not peanut) especially walnuts.  He also is allergic to pine (including pine nuts).  DH's brother's son (our nephew) was diagnosed a few months ago with a mild peanut allergy at age 2.

I was going to ask the midwife at my last appointment, but it got canceled and I had to see the OB instead and he was rushed, so, I was wondering if anyone in here might have some insight (and I'll follow up with the MW in a month).

I am 24 weeks pregnant and was wondering if I need to either avoid or expose the baby to the potential allergens during pregnancy or while breast feeding? 

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Re: Pregnancy/BF - DH has allergies

  • lrn327lrn327 member
    imagemrscjmb9410:

    We've been told by DS's dietician and allergist, everything in moderation. 

    I drank A LOT of milk while pregnant with DS (sometimes 2 gallons a week) and DS is milk protein intolerant. Obviously no one knows if my crazy milk drinking caused the intolerance or he was going to have it anyway...thankfully, it's something he should grow out of.

    So in my [limited] experience, you should keep eating what you normally eat. Only exclude items if baby is showing symptoms of an allergy/intolerance.

    GL! 

    I agree with this.  Unfortunately research just cannot tell us definitively right now. DH is peanut-allergic and I drank a ton of milk and ate lots of PB when pregnant.  DS's allergic to both (but growing out of milk and we think to the peanut too.)  At the time, current research showed eating PB during pregnancy *might* have a protective per my OB but they just didn't know.  When I was 37 weeks, a new study came out saying, "whoops, just kidding, we think it's the opposite".  What can you do, right?

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    imagemrscjmb9410:

    I drank A LOT of milk while pregnant with DS (sometimes 2 gallons a week) and DS is milk protein intolerant. Obviously no one knows if my crazy milk drinking caused the intolerance or he was going to have it anyway

    GL! 

    I drank barely any milk and my LO has a milk protein intolerance.  I think it's just one of those baby may/may not scenerios.

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  • CRLSMC2011CRLSMC2011

    Thanks for the info.  At this point, I actively avoid walnuts because even exposure to them could cause an allergic reaction for DH.  I do eat peanuts and peanut butter.  And I generally don't eat the other nuts DH is allergic to mostly because if we go out together I want him to be able to eat my leftovers and we don't bring the things into the house. 

    So I guess for now it's do what I've been doing and then when LO gets here see how he reacts. 

     

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