On the food allergy issue- the reason so many little kids have peanut allergies etc is because until January 2017, the official AAPrecommendation was no allergens (peanuts,eggs, tree nuts etc) before age 1. Then a study published in like 2015 (I think I will have to look it up) found that ACTUALLY delaying potential allergen foods increased the risk of allergies significantly, particularly in families with allergies. This was a serious OOPS by the medical community. So now pediatricians basically want you to give peanut butter to babies between 4-6 months so their immune systems become desensitized. Using this logic, I would imagine that eating peanut butter in pregnancy would be better to reduce the risk of allergies than not eating it, but I’m not sure there’s any conclusive evidence of that. Either way, I say don’t deprive yourself @eatinwatermelonseeds
I am on the fence. From what I can tell there is no conclusive evidence either way which is sort of where they are with children and exposure too. Most studies seem to say it is safe. I think I might just start limiting it for now. Since my nausea had been horrible and I have celiac, my food choices that have been safe have already been limited. I am not willing to give up one of my only choices. If my baby ended up with a peanut alletgy though, I'd blame myself forever.
@chloe97@DuchessOfCambridge I most definitely did not set out to avoid my son's allergens this time. I've tried to eat eggs on 3 separate occasions and am pretty sure I almost died 😂 okay, a little dramatic but blech. And I've taken Tylenol, I just don't need it as much as I did with my son. Peanut butter isn't in my house because my son is anaphylactic, but if it was, I wouldn't avoid it. I'm not sure I worded it right before. I worry it was my fault, but like I said, there are SO many possible allergens that there's no way for me to even begin to avoid them if I wanted to. I trust the science, it's more a mom guilt thing. Pretty much all his problems are somehow my fault if I really think it through. Because that's how my brain works.
I think they mostly don't know what causes allergies yet, right? Mostly I think they're just guessing about causes and prevention.
DH decided we should go to a hockey game last night. It was technically my first ever hockey game. I am not a good Canadian, I guess, because I don't really love hockey. I was thrilled to have a night out with a babysitter (well, MIL), and it was pretty fun, but I do kind of wish he had taken the initiative to plan something we would both actually be in to.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe DD2: October 2016 DC3: coming May 2019
I feel so sick. I managed to keep the drink down and not puke. Now i wait for results.
Pregnancy #1 DD 08.30.2007 Pregnancy #2 Natural Miscarriage at 6 weeks 03/2014 Due date 11/9/2014 Pregnancy #3 DS 02.23.2015 Pregnancy #4 Missed Miscarriage at 11 weeks 11/2018 Due date 5/22/2019 Pregnancy #5 Positive test 12/11/2019 Due Date 8/17/2020
@eatinwatermelonseeds I get that. Even though you know it's not your fault, it still feels like your fault. The mom guilt is so real. AND SO ANNOYING MAYBE IT'S DAD'S FAULT MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD PEANUTS FOR A MONTH BEFORE YOU STARTED TRYING
Okay, this is pretty recent and I hope it alleviates some concerns. It's concluded it IS better to have a varied diet that includes allergens while pregnant because it is possible to pass those antibodies on to your babies and decrease the likelihood of allergies. To be fair, my family was also low risk to begin with. No one on my side or H's side has allergies to anything as far as we know, so I wasn't too worried about it - though it did still stress me out to have him try eggs and peanut butter! Our pedi recommended they be some of the first foods he tried. Peanut butter was the second food he ever had, eggs third. Anyway, this study is out of Boston Children's Hospital which is the #1 pediatric hospital IN THE COUNTRY.
TL;DR - if your baby develops a peanut allergy and you ate peanuts while pregnant, it is 0% your fault. You actually helped by having peanuts. Allergies are freaking weird.
@DuchessOfCambridge thank you. I do it with literally every problem he has had, and it gets exhausting. We were a really low risk family too. No food allergies on either side. I have no idea what happened here lol.
Even if i pass this time i will probably be checked monthly until I fail.
Really hoping when the time comes none of you ladies get GD.
I was curious today so I called my ob office from when i was 15. I had to talk to records. Found out i tested negative for ged then and that i wasnt borderline my numbers where really good then.
I cant help but think i brought this on my myself for being overweight. Im like 50 ish pounds over weight and i just feel like if I wasn't this wouldnt keep happening.
Pregnancy #1 DD 08.30.2007 Pregnancy #2 Natural Miscarriage at 6 weeks 03/2014 Due date 11/9/2014 Pregnancy #3 DS 02.23.2015 Pregnancy #4 Missed Miscarriage at 11 weeks 11/2018 Due date 5/22/2019 Pregnancy #5 Positive test 12/11/2019 Due Date 8/17/2020
@psychobutthead try not to beat yourself up. For one thing, your metabolism has likely changed a ton since 15 (mine has anyway). For another, we're all just doing the best we can. Be easy on yourself.
Has anyone used a maternity extender for their winter coats? DD was a late June baby and I got away without a maternity coat, but since I already look 16 weeks pregnant at 8 weeks, I don't think I am going to be so lucky this time. I'm already having issues zipping my fall coat and my North Face winter coat was super tight last winter so I have to imagine it won't zip up when I start wearing it in November/December.
@chloe97 I haven’t used one but I don’t have too much longer in my normal winter coat either and it’s cold up here already! I’ve heard good things about old navy maternity coats and they do 40% off sales all the time, I think I’m going to grab one of theirs
I've been trying this new thing with my husband "what can I do today to make your life easier." He wants me to go through everything in our bedroom, clothes mostly and sort, throw away, wash, dry and put it away. That may not sound like much, but our room is bad right now. I'm regretting trying to be a better wife 😂
@psychobutthead Good luck and like others have said, go easy on yourself. It sounds like you're already eating really well so hopefully you don't have to do too much with the insulin if/when you do get the GD diagnosis.
WRT the peanut allergies, I asked my OB last pregnancy and she said one of her best friends is an allergist so the only reason she knows this is from her, it's not normally something an OB would discuss. They're still not really sure what causes allergies (many have said this above) but the idea is that SOME is helpful but that overexposure COULD (but doesn't necessarily) increase the risk. Peanut butter is very, very concentrated so if someone were concerned, peanuts would be a "safer" way to go to get some exposure. I was actually concerned about under exposure while pregnant b/c I had been using almond butter instead of peanut butter so wasn't sure I'd have much of any exposure. Then when I talked to DD's pediatrician about it, she said what you ate during pregnancy or while breastfeeding doesn't matter and it's all about when you expose them to the food when they start solids (so who the F*** knows?!). I gave DD peanut butter at 4 1/2 months as everyone now agrees early exposure is better (again, like others have said above). Shellfish was the last of the major allergens we had DD try as we just don't eat it much but we got them all in by just after 6 months (peanuts, tree nuts, soy, eggs, dairy, fish, shellfish...I'm probably missing something). I try to give DD PB on bananas for a snack and she literally just picks the peanut butter off and would eat it by the handful if we let her
My son has never actually eaten peanuts or tree nuts. He has severe eczema and with all the insistence that it was allergies, (I wish I could express just how many times strangers have insisted he's allergic to shit)we went to an allergist and got him blood tested for various allergies. We suspected nut because he had a pretty intense reaction after eating a piece of chex from a mix that had almonds. After his results came back, they told us that his numbers were so high for nuts that we should completely avoid exposure and get him an epi pen. I have no idea what to do for this baby. We waited 9 months for eggs. I was never the least bit concerned about allergies before my son was born and now I'm just TERRIFIED.
@eatinwatermelonseeds I've heard of eczema, peanut allergies, and egg allergies called "the trifecta" as they are soooo frequently associated. We don't have any history of allergies but if DD had eczema, I was fairly certain I was going to try peanuts at the pediatricians office since it so greatly increases the likelihood. Maybe you could send a note to your son's allergist and ask some questions. It might make you feel better, but I'm sure they'll be more cautious with this LO b/c of your son's allergies and you should get plenty of support there (and here of course, but we aren't doctors so WTH do I know, right?). It sounds like you've been doing great with your son's allergies. You've got this either way!
@kvh22 I've heard the same about eczema being a really good indication for peanut and egg allergies. I really had no reason to worry but I still watched him like a hawk after he had PB and eggs
@DuchessOfCambridge@kvh22 I hadn't heard that per say, but everyone and their mother thinks he's allergic to dairy and gluten. I'm really hoping this baby doesn't have eczema. It's horrible. His is so severe, I want to cry for him sometimes. I hope he grows out of it and I really hope this baby doesn't experience it.
@psychobutthead I had to do the GD screening last week too It was so hard not to throw up since morning sickness is still going strong. Blerrrrrrgggggg
My mom has a deadly peanut allergy and I have all kinds of allergies and autoimmune issues, although I don't think any foods except perhaps sheep's milk. So my son might have been high risk, but I ate peanut butter while pregnant with him and fed it to him early. He is 2.5 and seems to tolerate it fine still. I'm definitely going to keep eating it! Also, about what possibly causes allergies, did anyone else read about the study that was saying they think baby wipes are linked to food allergies? Like it was saying there is soap on the wipes and it irritates their skin if you don't wash it off, and then if any trace of food gets on that skin from your hands, it can lead to an allergy if that is their first encounter with the food (rather than ingesting the food).
@SpaceBurger Why did they make you test so early? @psychobutthead I hope that your test results come back good and you hold off on the GD diagnosis as long as possible!
@lovelybabybumpz They thought I might have had GD last time that they didn't catch because DD was so big. I passed this time too, so it looks like I just have big babies haha
@SpaceBurger I may have missed it but how big was YD at birth? DD was only 8lbs which I know is on the bigger side but not huge by any means and my OB said we'll keep an eye on how big the baby is this time in case we should induce around 39 weeks for a better chance at a vaginal delivery. I delivered DD fine but I guess I had a good amount of tearing (her head was also in the 90th percentile at birth).
Re: Weekly Randoms - 10/15
I think they mostly don't know what causes allergies yet, right? Mostly I think they're just guessing about causes and prevention.
DH decided we should go to a hockey game last night. It was technically my first ever hockey game. I am not a good Canadian, I guess, because I don't really love hockey. I was thrilled to have a night out with a babysitter (well, MIL), and it was pretty fun, but I do kind of wish he had taken the initiative to plan something we would both actually be in to.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
Pregnancy #2 Natural Miscarriage at 6 weeks 03/2014 Due date 11/9/2014
Pregnancy #3 DS 02.23.2015
Pregnancy #4 Missed Miscarriage at 11 weeks 11/2018 Due date 5/22/2019
Pregnancy #5 Positive test 12/11/2019 Due Date 8/17/2020
https://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2017/11/17/jem.20171163
TL;DR - if your baby develops a peanut allergy and you ate peanuts while pregnant, it is 0% your fault. You actually helped by having peanuts. Allergies are freaking weird.
DD1: June 2014 - VBM4lyfe
DD2: October 2016
DC3: coming May 2019
Even if i pass this time i will probably be checked monthly until I fail.
Really hoping when the time comes none of you ladies get GD.
I was curious today so I called my ob office from when i was 15. I had to talk to records. Found out i tested negative for ged then and that i wasnt borderline my numbers where really good then.
I cant help but think i brought this on my myself for being overweight. Im like 50 ish pounds over weight and i just feel like if I wasn't this wouldnt keep happening.
Pregnancy #2 Natural Miscarriage at 6 weeks 03/2014 Due date 11/9/2014
Pregnancy #3 DS 02.23.2015
Pregnancy #4 Missed Miscarriage at 11 weeks 11/2018 Due date 5/22/2019
Pregnancy #5 Positive test 12/11/2019 Due Date 8/17/2020
WRT the peanut allergies, I asked my OB last pregnancy and she said one of her best friends is an allergist so the only reason she knows this is from her, it's not normally something an OB would discuss. They're still not really sure what causes allergies (many have said this above) but the idea is that SOME is helpful but that overexposure COULD (but doesn't necessarily) increase the risk. Peanut butter is very, very concentrated so if someone were concerned, peanuts would be a "safer" way to go to get some exposure. I was actually concerned about under exposure while pregnant b/c I had been using almond butter instead of peanut butter so wasn't sure I'd have much of any exposure. Then when I talked to DD's pediatrician about it, she said what you ate during pregnancy or while breastfeeding doesn't matter and it's all about when you expose them to the food when they start solids (so who the F*** knows?!). I gave DD peanut butter at 4 1/2 months as everyone now agrees early exposure is better (again, like others have said above). Shellfish was the last of the major allergens we had DD try as we just don't eat it much but we got them all in by just after 6 months (peanuts, tree nuts, soy, eggs, dairy, fish, shellfish...I'm probably missing something). I try to give DD PB on bananas for a snack and she literally just picks the peanut butter off and would eat it by the handful if we let her
Edit because I added random words 😂
Also, about what possibly causes allergies, did anyone else read about the study that was saying they think baby wipes are linked to food allergies? Like it was saying there is soap on the wipes and it irritates their skin if you don't wash it off, and then if any trace of food gets on that skin from your hands, it can lead to an allergy if that is their first encounter with the food (rather than ingesting the food).
Why did they make you test so early?
@psychobutthead
I hope that your test results come back good and you hold off on the GD diagnosis as long as possible!
BFP: 8/20/2018 - EDD 5/4/2019