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Dear fellow listmembers!

I got rather overwhelmed by getting nearly twenty replies on the
subject "CD and fertility". This is an important question for me, and
I read the answers with great interest. Thank you so much for sharing
your experiences - and thank you for all the "good luck"-wishes!

Here is the summary;
     Some wrote to tell they hadn't had any problems getting
pregnant, even with undiagnosed CD.
     Several miscarriages had been the situation for others before
getting CD diagnoses or when staying off the diet. Successful
pregnancies happened when going on the diet.
     The importance of getting folic acid to a nomal level before
getting pregnant, was emphasized in a couple of mails. This because
low in folic acid can cause neural spinal defects in the baby, which
I was already aware of. A woman who had got the diagnosis half a year
ago, writes: " I was told by the doctors after my latest biopsy to
wait another six months before trying to get pregnant.  They
determined that the small intestine did not show improvement so great
that they would recommend trying to get pregnant yet. The small
intestine is where nutrients, vitamins and minerals vital to a
pregnancy are brought into the body and if the small intestine is not
in great shape it puts your child at greater risk".
     Malabsorption of folic acid was also mentioned as a possible
reason why undiagnosed CDs have problems getting pregnant. Another
theory was that ovaluation didn't come after weightloss because of
undiagnosed CD, which had resulted in periods stopping. CD-diagnosis
and Clomid solved the problem. Increased level of prolactin (one of
the factors which prevents pregnancy during breast feeding) in
undiagnosed CDs is suggested as another possible reason for
infertility. Controlling the CD should then make the
hyperprolactinemia go away. Hyperprolactinemia can be caused by
opioids in the system. Especially important in forming these opioids
are casein, gliadin and gluten. For more on opioids see web
page http://www.panix.com/~donwiss/reichelt.html.

Again: Thank you to all repliers. Please note my new E-mail address:
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Kari in Norway

Hilsen Kari