peanut allergy

[supermumof3]

hi girls just wanted to let everyone know someone today just informed me that preg women are not supposed to eat any type of nuts including peanut butter due to the possibility of baby having a peanut allergy which could be potentially fatal to baby. i have never heard this so i figured there may be others who didnt know so now u do. another thing to add to the list of cant haves :hair:

[mumofsamuel]

From what I've read, you should avoid eating peanuts while pregnant if you or your partner have a history of allergies in your family. On the other hand, I have also read that they are a great source of protein while pregnant!
I am sure if you chose any type of food and search hard enough, you will find someone somewhere who will tell you to avoid it during pregnancy. It is also amazing how many different products contain nuts. They can be mighty hard to avoid.
If I listenened to every single person or article that has told me not to eat something I don't think I would have much of a menu left!
Maybe you can ask your Dr about it.
Does anyone else get annoyed when strangers tell us what we should and shouldn't do as pregnant women? (not aimed at you, supermumof2 but these people that feel the need to give advice when they realise you're pregnant) I know they are all only trying to help but everyone handles their pregnancy in a different way and does different things to different extremes. It's most often complete strangers (who don't even know you) who feel the need to dish out advice.
Man, do I sound grumpy or what?! He he he... Hope that didn't come across wrong. I started out trying to do everything perfectly and listening to everyone, reading labels before eating anything at all and got so frustrated because you just can't. I almost drove myself NUTS (excuse the pun!) trying to please everyone.
Enjoy your pregnancies ladies and do what makes you feel comfortable.
Back to sleep for me (grumpy head) as have been nodding off on the lounge ever since I finished work.
Merry Christmas to all!
:hugs:

[Milk_Monkey]

Yip, i have heard about the peanut thing. But i've also heard that by preventing your child from having a particular food, they can develop an allergy that way. I agree with Noosa Mum, if you have a history in the family, be careful, otherwise dont over worry.

And Noosa Mum, as for the annoying advice of others - dont get me started! I could write a book!!

With my first pregnancy it used to really get to me. It seemed that, firstly, people thought that some how, because i was pregnant i was public property and it was their right to touch my stomach. And secondly, there was NO way that i could possibly be responsible enough to be able to cope with being pregnant or being a parent - and it was everyones business to tell me what to do or not do so that they could 'save' my child from me.

:ecomcity: Told you i shouldn't get started!

[mumofsamuel]

Milk_Monkey, you make me laugh. I cannot agree with you more on all of these things. My insides seem to tighten and tense up when one of those hands come towards my little baby bump! I HATE PEOPLE TOUCHING ME! I am going to ask the next person NOT TO TOUCH ME the next time it happens. I have felt stupid not speaking up in the past so I am NOT going to do that again. What is a nice way to say it? Any ideas anyone?
And I can imagine the unwanted advice will just KEEP ON COMING well after bub is born. I will just have to get used to it I suppose.
It feels good to know other people get as worked up about it as I do - Thanks!
:iagree:

[supermumof3]

lmao u guys crack me up. to be honest when i heard this peanut thing the first thing i thought was how much i instantly wanted peanut butter on toast lol and i figured seeing as though ive been eating nuts all along im sure my baby not allergic or something wouldve happened already so i came straight home and scoffed the peanut butter on toast.from previous exp with a new baby i love the strangers who will start the whole dummy/thumb sucking debate with me whilst im doing my grocery shopping drives me crazy obviously now that my son is 4 i realise that i cant take his thumb away although sometimes i wish i could but everybody insits on telling me

[Milk_Monkey]

My insides seem to tighten and tense up when one of those hands come towards my little baby bump! I HATE PEOPLE TOUCHING ME! I am going to ask the next person NOT TO TOUCH ME the next time it happens. I have felt stupid not speaking up in the past so I am NOT going to do that again. What is a nice way to say it? Any ideas anyone?


You could try just patting their tummy back :p .. And depending on how annoyed you feel add a quick 'so are you pregnant too, or just been enjoying the christmas spirit?'


to be honest when i heard this peanut thing the first thing i thought was how much i instantly wanted peanut butter on toast lol

:laughing: I swear some of the 'warnings' are designed to see how much we will believe when we are in a sensitive state of mind.

from previous exp with a new baby i love the strangers who will start the whole dummy/thumb sucking debate with me whilst im doing my grocery shopping drives me crazy

Hey, with thumb sucking - by the time they get to school, most of them figure out that they should stop. I was given grief for giving my son a dummy until he was 1!

And the best story i've heard was a guy who approached a friend of mine in the fruit and veg section of the supermarket to tell her that her 18mth old child was overweight and should really start to consider reducing their food intake. He then later found her at the checkout to critic her trolley. Although it would have been wrong of him regardless, her child is definately not overweight.

[supermumof3]

oh no! when my dd was a baby she was chubby in fact both my kids were chubby babies but dd more so as she was a late crawler/walker when i used to take her to the early child hood clinic they used to give me heaps about she was going to be an overweight child an overweight adult etc etc i must start cutting her milk intake as she was my first i would get sooo upset and cry to my mum, but she is always hungry mum always said just ignore them till she is 3 or 4 then ull be able to see if its a real problem lots of babies r chubby. i was so concerned i even took her to a paedatrition (sp?) who said she was fine. now dd is 10 and she is a real string bean. tall and skinny and eats like a rabbit

[tuttifrutti]

hi everyone, happy new year :)

I was a bit worried when i read this - as a vegetarian, I eat a lot of nuts. I've asked an obstetrician and he said eating nuts during pregnancy is ok, but it is better to avoid during breast feeding and also not to give your child peanut butter too early. But that there is no clear link between eating nuts during pregnancy and the allergy issue. I am going to eat nuts as it is a great source of protein for me, so I think you should do what you feel comfortable with and not worry.

[mumkc]

I'm not even showing yet, and a distant work colleague ran up to me the other day and put her hands on my stomach!!! Um, nothing to feel there love. God, another 5 months of that - HELP!!!!!

[BeautifulBoys]

Hi everyone...
Happy New Yr!!!!!!!!!!

:party:

I ate lots of Nuts with DS.. who is 2 & who is not allergic i tryed him the other day on a couple of peanuts he chewed them fine( I don't make a habit of it incase he chokes)
Im 18weeks preg & I love NUTS!!!
I didn't know you weren't meant to eat them whilst preg.. however no allergies in my family.
Oh well too late now hahaha