Baby Allergies?

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ok so my OH is allergic to all types of nuts, I mean he can't even have a lick of peanut butter but the other day I was craving a peanut butter and Jelly sandwich and I was throwing up for a half hour afterward, is it possible that the baby is also allergic to all types of nuts?
 
there is a strong chance that baby is, i would avoid anything with nuts....

OH is allergic to tylonal and so i get sick everytime i take it now :(
 
its weird cause I crave snickers and they have nuts but they dont make me sick
 
I'm also severely allergic to peanuts so I looked up to see if allergies are determined by genetics and found this article and picked out some of the key points of relevance for your question:


Peanut allergies are definitely genetic. But genes aren't the whole story. What happens to us plays a role in whether we'll be allergic to peanuts too.

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First, peanut allergies tend to run in families. If you have a close relative with a peanut allergy, your risk of being allergic to peanuts is 7%. If you don't, then your risk is only 0.5%.

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A recent study showed that if mom eats peanuts while pregnant, the risks for the child of being allergic to peanuts goes up 4-fold. For example, if the risk was 0.5%, it would now be 2%. [If the risk was 7%, it is now a 28% chance.]

And if mom eats peanuts while breastfeeding, then the child's risk goes up by 2-fold. If these studies hold up, then clearly being exposed to peanuts at an early age can increase a child's risk of being allergic later.


So there is a chance that your baby may become allergic to peanuts just because Dad is, but the more you eat peanuts while LO's diet has a dependancy on yours then you're increasing the chances of LO developing the allergy.

My allergies didn't actually appear until I was 7 years old, so I would just be careful, keep an eye on what you and LO eat and take LO to get allergy tests as he/she grows because even if he tests negative at first, there's always a chance he/she may develop the allergy later in life.

WOW long post haha. Hope this helps! :flower:
 
Thank helped a ton I am cutting all nuts out of my diet
 

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