I have always been lactose intolerant. I was never able to eat anything with milk in it without the help of a lactaid pill. Shortly after I gave birth to my DS, I accidently drank a cup of milk that I thought was my lactaid milk but later found out it was my husbands milk. I was astonished to see no side effects after I drank the milk. (No stomach cramps, running to the bathroom). I thought Id try some more, and still nothing. That was 2 years ago, and Ive been drinking milk ever since. Milk, cheese, ice cream. Theres no limits! I dont understand what happened, why I was never able to tolerate milk products until after my DS was born. Any explanations?
I'd believe it. I know that I now have a taste for different things than I did before my second pregnancy. I stopped liking broccoli and started liking white wine. Weird, but true.
Yes - I work as a nutritional consultant and have helped many people with gastrointestinal issues (IBS, acid reflux, lactose intolerance, colitis, etc.). A lot of people think they are allergic to foods, but actually they are missing something in their diet that allows them to process that food. There's a huge difference. So, some combination of your hormonal changes and (most likely) some changes you made in your diet during pregnancy reestablished the balance. Sometimes it's from making more conscious choices about nutrition during pregnancy - we're all a lot more careful during that time, you know? So somehow, you ate the right things and gave your gastrointestinal system a chance to heal up from whatever was irritating it before. Most people can't do it this way because our foods are so deficient (even if we eat organically) and our soils depleted, but they can do it through safe and balanced nutritional supplementation. (Moreover, the AMA recommended nearly 10 years ago that everyone supplement but they also said vitamin pills aren't very effective.) If your condition stays this way, great. If it comes back, at least you know now that it CAN be eliminated - and you can do it through supplementation not necessarily by getting pregnant again (!). I'd be happy to help if you ever need it.
Yes, pregnancy can change a lot of things. I was severly reactive to lactose prior to my pregancy but since then have been able to tolerant alot more. I'll probably never be able tolerate a lot, but things with a little milk or butter are not a problem.
It's highly possible, just like my hair went from poker straight to kinky curly after our older daughter was born. Pregnancy can cause significant changes to a body. Some bad, others very good :)
Pregnancy changes so many things. Intolerances to foods can go away or even appear unexpectedly. There is a friend of mine (vegetarian) that used to love quinoa and since it's so cheap she ate it a lot. When she was most of the way through her first pregnancy, it started making her feel bad and by the time the little guy was a few months old, she couldn't eat it at all. Now, 5 years later she might have a little nibble once in a while but if she eats a large amount or more often, she gets really sick. She also developed tree nut allergies (that didn't exist before her pregnancy). Another friend of mine in her third pregnancy had to totally go milk/soy/wheat free because she got so violently sick and the whole family is actually that way except her husband (they had the kids tested). There predisposition was there but something in her pregnancies triggered it.
Our bodies are really weird like that. Things come and go at random and we don't always understand why. For instance one of my friends was crying yesterday because she had a glass of wine and woke up in the middle of the night with hives (never happened to her before) and she had to lay there scratching all night trying not to wake up her husband or daughter until the store opened so she could get some benadryl.
As for me, there was stuff during pregnancy I couldn't eat and was different with each child. With my first son, I couldn't even stand the SMELL of chocolate, I was so sad and oddly enough it's actually one of the things he can only have every once in a while because it makes him sick. My taste for fresh tomatoes changed; they used to gag me as a girl. My mom would joke that she always knew I was preggers because I'd start eating a ton of them. Now I often eat them, especially drizzled with a bit of oil & vinegar with some herbs sprinkled on them. :)
Many allergies go away with time. Just as someone who wasnt allergic can become allergic all of a sudden. I dont know the reason for this, I just know it happens :)
It could be. I had seasonal allergies before my daughter was born, but I have not had them since -- she just turned 4.
Pregnancy changes everything, so it could possibly be. Be happy about it! I know I am glad my sneezing is gone!
Yup. It's also possible to lose them at ANY time in your life (same as gaining them) but the 3 most common timeframes for women to gain or lose tolerances &/or allergies are:
- Puberty
- Pregnancy (any pregnancy at any time)
- Menopause
Our bodies do massive shifts during all 3 phases (or 10 if you have 7 kids ;), so it's always a "look out" period for anything physiological or neurological.
