Hi, 

A mom has been in touch with me with a question regarding diet in pregnancy related to future lactation. She is currently 25 weeks pregnant and her previous two children were both premature 28 weekers  who went on to breastfeed for 2 years but with extreme issues related to food sensitivities. Mom was unable to eat any gluten or dairy products. The first child ended up with celiac disease and is now 5 years old. Obviously this mom is concerned that her next child will be at high risk for similar food sensitivities.

Her question to me is - should she avoid all gluten and dairy for the remainder of her pregnancy to possibly avoid similar problems? She isn't thrilled about doing it, but will if there is evidence based info out there that this will make a difference. 

Interested if anyone knows the current thinking/research related to this, and can point me in the right direction to counsel this mom.

Thanks,
Brenda Phipps, BS, IBCLC

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