Pregnant/SCD question - avoid autism?

[Guest guest]

Hello, I just found out I am pregnant with our 3rd child. Not

expected, but we are excited! My 3 1/2 year old son has ASD. He is

SCD. My 1 3/4 year old daughter seems to be fine. She is mostly

SCD. My question is, to do everything I can to prevent autism, does

it make a difference if I follow SCD while pregnant? I know it is

healthy, and I try to follow it most of the time, but don't have to

100% as I don't seem to have too many problems. (hahahaha) I know I

will for sure while breastfeeding, but unsure of the connection

during pregnancy. Just wondering if anyone knows of any info on this

subject. Thank you so much!!

Wyatt, 3 1/2, ASD, SCD 11.03

, 1 3/4

[Guest guest]

,

The only thing I know for sure is that Elaine G. told us last fall

that women on the SCD are more fertile, and should be careful if not

planning for more children. That said, I assume the diet is wholesome

for pregnant women, since it is going back to foods available in " the

olden days " . Congratulations!

> Hello, I just found out I am pregnant with our 3rd child. Not

> expected, but we are excited! My 3 1/2 year old son has ASD. He is

> SCD. My 1 3/4 year old daughter seems to be fine. She is mostly

> SCD. My question is, to do everything I can to prevent autism, does

> it make a difference if I follow SCD while pregnant?

[Guest guest]

,

I have been on the diet with my celiac and autistic sons since

December and guess what? I am pregnant with my 5th child. I have

been giving this question alot of thought lately. I have come to the

conclusion that I ought to remain SCD for the rest of the pregnancy

and while nursing. Why? My youngest son is celiac. He started

showing symptoms when he was 3 months of age. I have been asking

which comes first, a yeast problem that causes celiac or celiac which

cannot heal because of the presence of yeast. The answer I got is it

is like the question which came first, the chicken or the egg. Since

I don't know for sure, it is possible that yeast caused the celiac

problem in my son. If his yeast problem got so bad to the point of

his having symptoms at 3 months of age, it would make sense that the

problem really started before he was born. Here is another thing I

have found out. I heard that some celiac researchers feel there is a

subset of autistic kids in which their leaky gut which caused their

autism was a result of undiagnosed celiac. My middle son had his

diet changed at 2 years of age and now he is celiac and autistic. My

youngest son had his diet changed at 10 months of age and he is

celiac only. Now my next child will start SCD from day one so

hopefully he will never be autistic or celiac.

Now in all honesty I must say I have not been 100% lately. Going

through the first trimester has been very hard (I am only 7 weeks).

The foods I crave are all foods that are not legal. When I look back

at my previous pregnancies I realize this has been my pattern all

along - makes me wonder. In order to survive I have had to break

down and eat the wrong things (such as crackers and baked potatoes).

I am trying to keep it to the minimum and once I get into the 2nd

trimester I intend to be 100% again. The smell of SCD food

(especially almond bread) makes me want to run to the bathroom if you

know what I mean. I just wanted to let you know you are not alone in

this struggle. I also want to mention I do not have digestive

problems but was on the diet in support of my sons and for general

better health. Regardless, I did experience some yeast die-off

initially.

The last thing I want to mention is I have read from others that it

is recommended if you are to go on the diet while pregnant or

nursing, you should do it slowly. Yeast die-off can emit toxins that

can be harmful to the baby. I have heard it recommended that you

either change one meal at a time or change one type of food at a time

instead of jumping in with both feet.

If you want to continue to chat, send me an e-mail. It would be nice

to have someone to talk to going through the same issues.

> Hello, I just found out I am pregnant with our 3rd child. Not

> expected, but we are excited! My 3 1/2 year old son has ASD. He

is

> SCD. My 1 3/4 year old daughter seems to be fine. She is mostly

> SCD. My question is, to do everything I can to prevent autism,

does

> it make a difference if I follow SCD while pregnant? I know it is

> healthy, and I try to follow it most of the time, but don't have to

> 100% as I don't seem to have too many problems. (hahahaha) I know

I

> will for sure while breastfeeding, but unsure of the connection

> during pregnancy. Just wondering if anyone knows of any info on

this

> subject. Thank you so much!!

>

>

> Wyatt, 3 1/2, ASD, SCD 11.03

> , 1 3/4

[Guest guest]

,

I have been on the diet with my celiac and autistic sons since

December and guess what? I am pregnant with my 5th child. I have

been giving this question alot of thought lately. I have come to the

conclusion that I ought to remain SCD for the rest of the pregnancy

and while nursing. Why? My youngest son is celiac. He started

showing symptoms when he was 3 months of age. I have been asking

which comes first, a yeast problem that causes celiac or celiac which

cannot heal because of the presence of yeast. The answer I got is it

is like the question which came first, the chicken or the egg. Since

I don't know for sure, it is possible that yeast caused the celiac

problem in my son. If his yeast problem got so bad to the point of

his having symptoms at 3 months of age, it would make sense that the

problem really started before he was born. Here is another thing I

have found out. I heard that some celiac researchers feel there is a

subset of autistic kids in which their leaky gut which caused their

autism was a result of undiagnosed celiac. My middle son had his

diet changed at 2 years of age and now he is celiac and autistic. My

youngest son had his diet changed at 10 months of age and he is

celiac only. Now my next child will start SCD from day one so

hopefully he will never be autistic or celiac.

Now in all honesty I must say I have not been 100% lately. Going

through the first trimester has been very hard (I am only 7 weeks).

The foods I crave are all foods that are not legal. When I look back

at my previous pregnancies I realize this has been my pattern all

along - makes me wonder. In order to survive I have had to break

down and eat the wrong things (such as crackers and baked potatoes).

I am trying to keep it to the minimum and once I get into the 2nd

trimester I intend to be 100% again. The smell of SCD food

(especially almond bread) makes me want to run to the bathroom if you

know what I mean. I just wanted to let you know you are not alone in

this struggle. I also want to mention I do not have digestive

problems but was on the diet in support of my sons and for general

better health. Regardless, I did experience some yeast die-off

initially.

The last thing I want to mention is I have read from others that it

is recommended if you are to go on the diet while pregnant or

nursing, you should do it slowly. Yeast die-off can emit toxins that

can be harmful to the baby. I have heard it recommended that you

either change one meal at a time or change one type of food at a time

instead of jumping in with both feet.

If you want to continue to chat, send me an e-mail. It would be nice

to have someone to talk to going through the same issues.

> Hello, I just found out I am pregnant with our 3rd child. Not

> expected, but we are excited! My 3 1/2 year old son has ASD. He

is

> SCD. My 1 3/4 year old daughter seems to be fine. She is mostly

> SCD. My question is, to do everything I can to prevent autism,

does

> it make a difference if I follow SCD while pregnant? I know it is

> healthy, and I try to follow it most of the time, but don't have to

> 100% as I don't seem to have too many problems. (hahahaha) I know

I

> will for sure while breastfeeding, but unsure of the connection

> during pregnancy. Just wondering if anyone knows of any info on

this

> subject. Thank you so much!!

>

>

> Wyatt, 3 1/2, ASD, SCD 11.03

> , 1 3/4

[Guest guest]

- Thank you so much for the info. I would love to chat with

you, here is my e-mail address dale.brown2@..., yes it will

be nice to have someone in the same situation! Wow, 5th child!! You

must be one busy mommy!

[Guest guest]

- Thank you so much for the info. I would love to chat with

you, here is my e-mail address dale.brown2@..., yes it will

be nice to have someone in the same situation! Wow, 5th child!! You

must be one busy mommy!

[Guest guest]

Just want to put my input in! I began the SCD about 1 month or so

into my pregnancy with my first son. I had previous Crohn's in

remission (no meds), but I began the diet for horrible IBS. I was

VERY strict on the diet for the entire pregnancy, and into about 6

months of nursing, then I began to go off of the diet. The SCD

helped me so much with IBS. It virtually became non-existent, and

still is to this day! Praise God.

BUT, my son has lots of gut problems now. He has some form of

inflammation going on in his gut, but we have not scoped or done any

testing to find out exactly what. I never put him on the SCD when he

first began to eat foods, because I didn't have a clue about all of

this then! He was such a fussy baby, always unhappy, always

demanding, colicky, gassy, allergic, especially after starting

solids. I nursed him for a year, and then after that he got a lot

worse. I never knew what was wrong!

Now I know. I definitely think there is a connection with the

maternal health and the baby. I think it takes a long time to heal

the gut after all the problems I had, and maybe if I had been on the

SCD for a few years before becoming pregnant, my son would not have

had so many problems. Who knows and I can't blame myself, but what I

would recommend is that you consider being dairy free through the

pregnancy and nursing. Dairy is one of the biggest problems babies

have, cow's milk products that is, maybe goat's would be better, but

not if the problem is casein. I know that my son had all the signs

of casein allergy from infancy, but I never knew it. He had ezcema,

nasal stuffiness, fussiness, trouble sleeping, etc. I think and know

that eliminating dairy from my diet would have been a tremendous help

to him. I know that because I became dairy free with my second son

while nursing, and he hardly ever has any problems with any of this!

It is amazing the changes I saw in him when we stopped dairy, and in

my first son too! My second son started out with problems sleeping,

ezcema, etc, but once dairy was gone, all that disappeared too!

All the sinus problems, constant runny nose, etc, all cleared up

within days. And for me too, it has been a HUGE benefit. These are

my thoughts. I was not SCD with my second son, but now am back on

it, and he seems very healthy. I am SCD dairy free, though, and that

really makes a difference for us.

While nursing now, though, I am careful. I cannot eat citrus,

tomatos, almonds or pecans so far. These have definitely caused

reactions in my nursing son. The funny thing is that the things I

ate so much of while I was pregnant with my first son, he is now

intolerant of, like almonds, eggs, dairy, tomatos, citrus, etc. Yet,

I believe he will get better with time, the longer he is on the diet

without those things, the more he can heal. Hope this will help

you!

Life is so complicated sometimes! But God is Good!!

Tina

SCD again this time with family 1 month

> > Hello, I just found out I am pregnant with our 3rd child. Not

> > expected, but we are excited! My 3 1/2 year old son has ASD. He

> is

> > SCD. My 1 3/4 year old daughter seems to be fine. She is mostly

> > SCD. My question is, to do everything I can to prevent autism,

> does

> > it make a difference if I follow SCD while pregnant? I know it

is

> > healthy, and I try to follow it most of the time, but don't have

to

> > 100% as I don't seem to have too many problems. (hahahaha) I

know

> I

> > will for sure while breastfeeding, but unsure of the connection

> > during pregnancy. Just wondering if anyone knows of any info on

> this

> > subject. Thank you so much!!

> >

> >

> > Wyatt, 3 1/2, ASD, SCD 11.03

> > , 1 3/4

[Guest guest]

Hi Guys,

Well,I have a friend that her first child was asd.She had already

had another baby when she had found out about her son.That child(a

girl)developed normally,but she didn't walk until she was almost 2

years old.They all went gfcf(this has been a few years back).She was

warned buy all the DR.'s that she shouldn't have anymore

children,because they would likely be asd.We'll she did.She ate gfcf

the entire pregnancy and nursing time and gave no shots to that

child.That child was a girl and she hit every milestone on time and

was perfectly normal.She became pregnant with baby #4 and ate the

same way,no shots,homebirth(so there would be no risk of potocin).The

baby was a boy and he also developed normally and hit every milestone

on time and some before time.She avoided anything that might cause

any problem,like pumping gas,eating out of glass ware only.She

treated every pregnancy like she was carrying a very sensitive

child.Oh,just for your info,she did 2 years of massive in home

therapy,vitamins,diet,etc,and she then took her son to the same two

dx'ing dr.'s and they declared him completely normal,with no traces

of asd.That gives me hope to keep going.I also plan on having more

children,and I will definately be 100%scd.I think the old saying has

some truth to it,An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of

cure.Congrats ladies!

DeAnn,mom to asd 3.11,scd 13 weeks