<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> 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: [log in to unmask] Kari in Norway Hilsen Kari