Casi,
I wish I had the answer you are looking for right now, but perhaps 
this piece of related information will be helpful.

My son had an anaphylactic reaction to pecans via my milk when he was 
9 months old (nearly exclusively breastfed still).  The ER doc told 
me to stop nursing him until 36 hours had elapsed from the time I ate 
the pecans.  This was excruciating for both of us as breastfeeding 
was central to our relationship, and he'd never gone to sleep without 
it or had a bottle.  So I cheated a little and tried nursing him 
after about 33 hours (we were both desperate for the comfort!).  This 
was a mistake!  He quickly reacted.  Fortunately he responded well to 
a dose of benadryl and we didn't have to go back to the hospital at 
that point.  It turned out that 36 hours was indeed the magic number. 
He was able to nurse without reacting from then on. Of course I 
immediately stopped eating all tree nuts and peanuts.

I have shared my story on Lactnet before, but it's been a long time, 
so I'll just recap the rest of it quickly.  That child continued 
nursing past his third birthday, and around that time he passed a 
food challenge test with pecans in a doctor's office with flying 
colors.  He had completely outgrown his allergy.  The doctor backed 
up my opinion that long-term breastfeeding had helped his immune 
system to develop properly.  I realize this outcome is unlikely with 
gluten allergy (and a severe one at that), but at least you can 
reassure the mother that breastfeeding will help her child develop in 
the healthiest way under the circumstances.

Hope this helps in some way.

Margaret
mother of 3
Longmont, CO

>Thank you for your quick response.  The allergic reaction the baby had
>was anaphylaxis; her son turns blue and stops breathing.  He is on an
>apnea machine and we needed to give O2.  So our priorities are a little
>different. 
>
>I really need to know how long until mom is gluten free?  She is still
>suffering from some allergic reactions (ingested product >24 hours ago)
>and she still finds she need Benadryl.
>
>
>Casi Leahy
>BA, RN, MSN, LCCE, IBCLC
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