New advice on peanuts during pregnancy

[woowa]

Apparently since August the government has decided there is no evidence that eating peanuts during pregnancy or breastfeeding causes a later peanut allergy. See here (need to scroll down to pregnancy)

Glad I can continue to scoff peanut butter out of the jar, now worry-free!

[kateGB]

Dont you just wish they would make up their bloody minds!

With DD1 it was no nuts at all, occassional glass of red wine, Tuna in moderation.

DD2 3 yrs later, nuts providing there was no one in the family with an allergy, No tuna at all and no red wine.

Never changed their mind about fags though..

[PacificDogwood]

I have needed Snickers bars in all my pregnancies, imagine my smugness when this new advice came out !!
I had always wondered how peoples in countries that rely on groundnuts as their staple supply of protein did not become extinct from widespread peanut allergy anaphylaxis .

[trellism]

I was told I could have peanuts by the mw. I was so relieved, since I've been allergic to them since the age of 4...

[AngelaCarleen]

I discovered this last week and celebrated with a bag of chocolate peanuts, yum. I have been eating peanut butter up until now though, there's no history of nut allergies in my family so I couldn't really see the reasoning behind it anyway.

I agree that snickers are a pregnancy must-have!

We can have tuna now though Kate, just no more that 2 fresh steaks or 4 medium cans a week.

[Dophus]

thanks god - I have spent the last 5 years (preaching) telling every pregnant woman I know that there is no evidnece for the bloody nut thing and they should keep on eating them.

[Dizzyclarebear]

so, are we all having satay for dinner tonight?

[wasabipeanut]

So glad to have the govt. vindicate what I was doing anyway. I had a yen for salted peanuts right at the beginning of this pregnancy and chose to indulge it.

I ate them when pg with DS as well who seems to be nut allergy free.

To me it can't be a conicidence that nut allergies went up in the years that the "guidelines" told pregnant women to avoid nuts. And yes, some countries apparently wean their babies on a sort of peanut paste - funnily enough allergies are thin on the ground there.

[iateallthecreameggsyummy]

since i read this thread yesterday i had a real craving for snickers!!

DH bought me a star bar on the way home and a topic......... Not what i was after and did not ease that need for snickers!!

Ive been out this morning and bought 2 duo snickers yummy chocolate has never tasted so yummy!

thankyou!

[biggernow]

so does this mean I can get the crunchy nut cornflakes I have wanted my whole pregnancy?????

[wilkos]

I nearly developed a peanut allergy myself over the weekend with an extremely peanutty curry from the take away

i have never listened to the mumbo jumbo about peanuts and now feel extremely smug

[Dophus]

To be honest biggernow - I'm amazed that anyone has ever avoided crunchy nut cornflakes to start with.

If there really was risk - trust me the packet would be covered with 'do not eat in pregnancy warnings'

Eat as many nuts and cornflakes as you want.

[meemarsgotabrandnewbump]

Thanks for posting this - i had no idea. I've been buying almond butter from the health food store which is uber expensive in comparison. And frankly, just not the same.

I've only got 7 weeks to go so I'm going to enjoy my remaining weeks of toast and peanut butter