Food intolerances and infertility help

Sami14vb · April 2014

Hello everyone,

First of all, let me say congratulations to everyone who has made it to the other side of infertility; you give me hope. My complete story is in my signature, but basically my DH and I have been trying to conceive for the lat year with no luck with clomid and IUI. I am on the 2ww for my first round of injectibles and IUI.

For the past 7 years or so I have felt a burning sensation and deep pain in my lower pelvis after eating simple carbs and sugars. even feel a burning in my back. I'm not allergic to them, but I think I have an intolerance. Anyways, I have a sneaking suspicion that this allergy/intolerance is related to my infertility, yet no doctor has been able to confirm my hypothesis.

I know some women with gluten allergies were able to get pregnant after going on a gluten free diet, and one of my co-workers got pregnant after struggling with infertilkity for five years when she went on a diet geared towards her food intolerances. The problem is it cost $1500 to get on a plan with her specialist, and I wanted to use the expensive blood test and food plan towards food intolerances as a last resort.

Has anyone had success with treating their infertility by targeting food allergies and intolerances?

Thanks for any help,

Sami

liz4paws · April 2014

Well, I'll tell you my story and you can decide for yourself. There's no cut and dry answer in my world.

I always suffered from GI issues, and was especially sensitive to carbs/sugar. I was tested through normal blood tests for celiacs, and even with colonoscopies, I was not diagnosed with it. In 2011 I was diagnosed with DOR which has a tie to autoimmune disorder. Even though I was not diagnosed with celiacs, I couldn't help but wonder. So I cut out gluten from my diet and my cycles went from their clockwork 23 days to a normal 28 days. Clearly gluten had some impact on my hormones at the very least. Unfortunately, even if autoimmune disorder ruined my ovaries, the damage was done and I can't grow new eggs. I've since been successful with donor embryos and feel so much better with no gluten in my diet since 2012.

I talked to my GI doctor about this and she said it's entirely possible I'm "on the celiac spectrum but not diagnosable by current tests." I guess she says this is common and sees it with her patients. If cutting gluten out makes you feel better, that's what matters.

So in a nutshell, did it help me get pregnant? No, but my ovaries were already gone.

Did it help me sustain a pregnancy? Maybe.

Did it make my cycles go back to normal? It seems that it did.

Good luck!

Sami14vb · April 2014

Thank you! Congratulations to you in your success!! blockquote class="Quote" rel="liz4paws">

Well, I'll tellou my story and you can decide for yourself. There's no cut and dry answer in my world.

I always suffered from GI issues, and was especially sensitive to carbs/sugar. I was tested through normal blood tests for celiacs, and even with colonoscopies, I was not diagnosed with it. In 2011 I was diagnosed with DOR which has a tie to autoimmune disorder. Even though I was not diagnosed with celiacs, I couldn't help but wonder. So I cut out gluten from my diet and my cycles went from their clockwork 23 days to a normal 28 days. Clearly gluten had some impact on my hormones at the very least. Unfortunately, even if autoimmune disorder ruined my ovaries, the damage was done and I can't grow new eggs. I've since been successful with donor embryos and feel so much better with no gluten in my diet since 2012.

I talked to my GI doctor about this and she said it's entirely possible I'm "on the celiac spectrum but not diagnosable by current tests." I guess she says this is common and sees it with her patients. If cutting gluten out makes you feel better, that's what matters.

So in a nutshell, did it help me get pregnant? No, but my ovaries were already gone.

Did it help me sustain a pregnancy? Maybe.

Did it make my cycles go back to normal? It seems that

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