In a message dated 97-08-20 06:35:30 EDT, you write:

<< >  MY question was-- does eating these foods WHILE
 >PREGNANT not just while nursing, have any effect on the baby's
 developing
 >system?  Do the proteins and any possible immune reaction I am having to
 >them pass through the placenta?
  >>

Last summer I attended a Leader development seminar, and one of the panels I
took was on allergies and the breastfed baby.  What I learned was that the
sensitization occurs during the first trimester of pregnancy.  I don't
remember much else, but I will dig through my papers and see if I can find
the handouts she gave us.

Kim