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February 2014 Moms
MissusPearson
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Dairy Aversion w/Breastfeeding--so upset!!
MissusPearson
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So today has been very difficult..It is my first day back to work after mat leave, for one. It was, of course, so very hard to leave DD this morning. I was very emotional all weekend over it and miss her like crazy. Today was also her 2 month appointment and DH took her in. I was already nervous and warned him about her shots, and how she might react to them. Almost as a side note, I told him to please ask the doc as well about the poop blowouts she has been having the past couple of weeks (I posted about these a little while ago--we really thought it was a diaper size issue)
Well, it turns out the frequency has been abnormal and her stool is too green, mucuos-ey, and had a bit of blood in it on the labs. Apparantly this is very common with a dairy aversion and basically in order to continue breastfeeding, I need to cut out all dairy. I know there are quite a few women who are BFing and dealing with this. I don't want to offend any moms who are FFing or even supplementing, but I am just really bummed at possibly having to supplement with formula, as she has been exclusively BFed for 2 months now. I also have a frozen stock of milk that may all be potentially tainted now, and feel like I've been pumping for nothing. I got off the phone with our doc a little while ago and she gave me more instructions regarding the dairy free trial, and I'm just trying to process everything now. I'm just hoping for some support, any other bumpies that are going thorugh this? How are you dealing and what does your diet look like??
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Re: Dairy Aversion w/Breastfeeding--so upset!!
I'm sure if you google there will be a lot of diary free recipes. did your pedi tell you that most LO's grow out of the allergy before age 1? that helped me to feel better, too.
I'd also cut out soy. although it's not a requirement, it would suck to build a stash again only to find out she has a sensitivity to that protein as well.
I nursed a baby with a dairy allergy for 18 months.
I changed my diet. It wasn't easy to cut out all dairy from my diet, but it was important to me to keep nursing so I did it. It takes more planning as to what you can eat, but it's very doable.
We saw a GI specialist and that MD never pressured me to stop nursing or give formula.
She also had reflux and took meds twice a day.
My daughter outgrew the allergy and is totally fine eating dairy now (she's almost 3).
Thank you all! I spoke with DH about everything yesterday and am feeling much more optimistic. I decided to go dairy free and continue to EBF and hopefully we will see her poop issues clear up soon. And I have thought as well, as some of you mentioned that it will force me to clean up my diet and get in good postpartum shape as well
Healthy and fit is a pretty great bonus.
@sandraanddrew thank you for that recommendation-I took a look at that Pinterest board and its great! Will definitely be trying some of those recipes out.
@paulheath2012 I know you mentioned your diet is similar to Paleo. Are there any quick and easy foods you would recommend dairy free? I'm trying to think of potential lunches for work, etc. How long once you cut out dairy and soy until you saw an improvement in your LO?
@karich are there any specific favorite foods, meals you had?
Ask in restaurants or look online for lists of ingredients so you know what sort of menu items you can eat. I think they are required to give you a list of ingredients because of allergens. Every where I went was super accommodating.
Almond milk is the shit. It's SO good. The mocha sauce from Starbucks is vegan, so you can indulge on soy mochas (or peppermint mochas or raspberry mochas!). Jimmy John's bread is DF. Pork at Qdoba is the only meat that's DF; get a burrito with the pork and guac, so yummy! Ghiradelli semi-sweet chocolate chips are DF, you can make cookies with them and with shortening instead of butter.
Don't even BOTHER with fake cheese, believe me.
If you want to PM me, I'll send you my jumbled mess of DF info I've given to others. I'm really trying to compile it into something neater.
There are tons of great DF recipes. It's easy to modify many of them, too. I'll give you the link to my Pinterest board, if you'd like!
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ETA: See if you can donate your milk. I wound up doing that with my stash last time. It was sad seeing it go, but at least it was put to good use. It *does* get easier, but it definitely takes a few weeks to get used to what you can and can't eat, and to memorize that list of ingredients so you don't have to pull out the list every time you are at the store.
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I'll try to remember, but it was almost 3 years ago that I did it. I will add that you might lose some weight too....i did, and it was an unexpected bonus (being pp and all).
Like other pp mentioned, we ate a lot of Asian dishes, since there is not dairy in the typical Asian diet.
Do you eat seafood? I ate a ton of seafood b/c that doesn't really suffer from the lack of cheese like almost everything else does.
Sautee mushrooms and onions and add store bought marinara then toss with pasta
Toss halved, red potatoes with olive oil, S&P, rosemary and roast (about the only way you can have potatoes w/out butter or milk
Thai noodle bowls: https://www.grouprecipes.com/68542/shrimp-and-bok-choy-rice-noodle-soup.html
*I don't add egg and I also add shredded carrots, scallions, baby corn, and bean sprouts. The noodles are Thai Kitchen brand and are in the asian food section. So healthy and it's an excuse to eat with chopsticks
Grilled shrimp Ceasar Salad
We have TONS of pita chips & bell peppers with hummus (easy to bring to-go too)
Marinated Portobella mushrooms in balsamic vinagrette roasted in the oven. You can serve it on a grilled roll with olive oil and garlic rubbed on it (if you can eat eggs you can make a fancy mayo with basil, sundried tomato or roasted red peppers blended in it)
Any white fish or salmon with sliced lemon, olive oil and capers on it, wrap it in a tin foil pouch and then cook for about 12 min in the oven. so easy, so good
The frozen Margheritaville coconut shrimp (we found it at BJ's) is actually really good and all prepared.
diced eggplant, cherry tomatoes, vidalia onion, tossed in olive oil, S&P and roast at 425 for 40 minutes...I end up eating the entire pan
Frozen veggi spring rolls are an easy pop in the oven snack and the ones we got came with dipping sauce
Pan sear Pork chops with homemade applesauce (peel, core and dice four apples, put in a pot with 1/2 c water and simmer for 15 minutes. Mash up the apples and add sugar and cinnamon to taste, I use Stevia instead of sugar and add a tablespoon or two depending on how sweet the apples are)
I have a bowl of half Total cereal half blueberries with Almond Breeze Unsweetened almond milk every morning and actually prefer it to cow's milk...but I hate it in my coffee.
I have found all of the dairy free cheese to be disgusting and wouldn't waste the $$
...and when all else fails there's always peanut butter and jelly