Pregnancy, Breastfeeding And Celiac Symptoms

[mommyetb]

As some of you know I am studying to become a lactation consultant. My son is celiac (18 months)and breastfed. I was just reading on one of my professional sites about mothers who have celiac. We all know that breastfeeding is crucial to a baby's health especially to those who have or could have celiac (not to mention everyother germ and disease out there haha). Now studies are showing that pregnancy and lactation help to calm the symptoms of celiac in mothers. Great news! Just thought you would like to know! The horomones of pregnancy and lactation supress celiac. Very cool!

Taffy

[MySuicidalTurtle]

The happiest times of my Mom's life symptom-wise pre-diagnoses were when she was pregnant- she felt good.

[JAmico314]

I was told that with each pregnancy that my Celiac gets worse. She didn't go into to much detail but does she mean that it gets worse AFTER the pregnancy is over?

[Michi8]

As some of you know I am studying to become a lactation consultant. My son is celiac (18 months)and breastfed. I was just reading on one of my professional sites about mothers who have celiac. We all know that breastfeeding is crucial to a baby's health especially to those who have or could have celiac (not to mention everyother germ and disease out there haha). Now studies are showing that pregnancy and lactation help to calm the symptoms of celiac in mothers. Great news! Just thought you would like to know! The horomones of pregnancy and lactation supress celiac. Very cool!

Taffy

That's interesting to hear. Do you have links to those studies? I have read that celiac disease can become active/triggered due to the stress of pregnancy and birth. In my own experience, I had an outbreak of what may have been DH just before my second child was born (it was a particularly stressful prenancy & birth.)

OTOH, breastfeeding is protective for the infants digestive tract and may keep them from develping celiac disease, or at least delay it's onset.