Newly diagnosed with multiple food intolerance

Re: Newly diagnosed with multiple food intolerance

• stephaniejfree member

  July 2013

  On various message boards I've read that untreated celiac or gluten intolerance can cause infertility. It's worth researching and trying out!

  On another note, I switched from an ob to a midwifery practice about halfway into my pregnancy and it was a wonderful choice for me! If you are unhappy, look for a new practitioner now! 

  Good luck to you!
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• cesehorn

  July 2013

  The idea of food intolerances and alleriges being related to infertility has a strong correlation from what I can find. It kind of makes sense: if you aren't digesting food properly and getting the proper nutrients then you can't support a fetus. The food intolerances are more than likely the cause of the IBS as in the mid-2000s the AMA officially stopped recognizing that syndrome. Basically they said it was a syndrome that meant doctors were unwilling to do the necessary legwork to get an actual diagnosis of something being wrong.

  I have multiple food intolerances and we kept me on the pill for a long time while working out the food issues simply to not through a pregnancy into the mix of symptoms. It took a LONG time for a GI doctor to work with me for the diagnosis I got. However, a year or two after we got things with my gut really calmed down it didn't take much for me to end up pregnant. 

  As with any doctor -- you are paying them for a service, if you aren't getting the service you deem adequate for any reason then you have the right to go somewhere else. That's one thing the f'd up medical system in the US has going for it. If you have issues or concerns and a doc isn't responding how you'd like then let them know. If they continue to not really address issues with you then fire them. The best docs will be willing to be a team with you to get you the care you deserve.
  

  It isn't a smoking gun, but I hope this helps.
  

  

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• agmckinley

  July 2013

  I suspect I might be intolerant to several things - how can I get tested? Or is it more of a trial-and-error process?

   Also, does intolerant mean the same thing as allergic? 

  AGM

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• Critty3084 member

  July 2013

  My GI referred me to a dietitian & we began doing an elimination diet along with blood & fecal testing to determine which foods I was testing high in. From my understanding there is a difference between the allergy & intolerance. The allergy is an immediate reaction & the intolerance is a delayed reaction. Most of my issues have been intolerance. I was getting sick all the time, not feeling well after I eat, having a hard time with bowel movements, etc. It has been well worth my efforts so far just still struggling getting to a point where I can conceive. Good luck to you!

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• Critty3084 member

  July 2013

  Thanks for the advice & tips! Much appreciated!

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• surprise3rd

  July 2013

  I got pregnant with my third after I became a vegan, there is more to the story, but I swear the 6 weeks of a vegan diet put my body in an ideal state to nurture a fetus.  (I also had an IUD, but that is a completely separate part of the story.)  Another friend who had tried for 10 years to get pregnant got pregnant after going all organic/all natural.  I am not an expert, but I am a huge advocate of dietary change when my friends tell me they are struggling to get pregnant.

  

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