Date:    Sun, 2 Mar 1997 14:43:50 +0100
From:    Renato Pichler <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Dairy-Free, Motherhood & Pregnancy

Hi Dawn,
do you know that M.D. Michael Klaper is a vegan doctor with much
experience
with vegan mothers?
The address of his institute:
The Institute of Nutrition Education and Research
1601 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #342
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 374-3733

Renato
(I'm a ethical-vegan without milk-allergy)

>Date:    Sun, 2 Mar 1997 07:58:47 -0500
>From:    Michele Townsend <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Dairy-Free, Motherhood & Pregnancy
>
>Dear Dawn, CONGRATULATIONS!!  I think that the milk problem can be
>taken care of with taking calcium supplements in addition to the
pre-natal
>vitamins I am sure the doc will prescribe.  When I was pregnant   both
>times, I drank a lot of milk, but got cramps in my legs and the doctor
>said that this was from the lack of calcium so I took supplements.
Perhaps
>the calcium in the milk wasn't being absorbed into my system.  As far as

>the baby and milk, both of my children were allergic to milk.  My first
>(8lbs 7 oz at birth) was not diagnosed until he was 6 mos. and by then
he had
>been in the hospital twice, for bronchiolitus and asthma.  We were
taking
>him to an AF base and finally someone (not a dr) suggested we put him on
soy.
> He continued to have ear infections and had his tonsils out eventually,

>but
>then I had to put him in day care at 6 wks.  My daughter, born 8 yrs
>later,(and 9 lbs at birth) in a private hospital would not drink the
>milk
>formula at all and was put on soy immediately.  She did end up with
>tubes
>in her ears but that was  when she was older and had started drinking
>milk.
> My grandson is almost 10 mos old (his mother is young and they live
>with
>me).  He was put on a milk formula and kept throwing it up and was
>colicy
>so we put him on Nutramigen until the colic went away and he has been
>on
> Prosobee since.  He just got his first ear infection and his first
>antibiotic, big difference from my children.  My 22 yr old son is 5'9"
>and
>over 200 lbs., my 14 yr old daughter is 5'7" and over 150 lbs. and her
>son
>is over 20 lbs. already (I am 5'1"and around 140lbs.!).  They both
>have
>separate fathers and now  ddrink all the milk they want.  Of course,
>my son
>has ADD, which could possibly be from his diet (including milk) and my
>daughter had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and we are having her tested for
>allergies the breath hydrogen test, and this could alllso be from diet
>so
>as you can see, I don't think that milk has anything to do with
>health.
> Because of my lifestyle while my children were    growing up, I was
>not
>very "health consious".  This is probably  more important in the long
>run
>than whether or not you drink milk during your pregnancy!  So have a
>healthy and happy pregnancy, I loved being pregnant, and my usually
>very
>pessimistic husband was a different person while I was, and keep us up
>on
>how you are  doing!
>Love & Hugs, Michele T.