Can gluten pass through in Breastmilk?

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My DS is 14 weeks and exclusively BF. I have coeliac disease.

I was eating what I liked when pregnant with no side effects and read online that pregnancy can confer some immunity to the condition. Anyhoo since I had the baby I've found it really difficult to get back to a gluten free regime . I've noticed that when I do eat it, I get evil wind and the most obnoxious smelly farts, and so does DS.

Is there a chance that he is also coeliac and that the gluten is being passed to him via my milk and upsetting him?

It's the only thing I can think of as a cause of his horrible wind as it seems like too much of a coincidence.

Does anyone have any experience or information?

When my DS was put on a wheat and dairy free diet I was told to do the same as I was BF and small amounts would pass through the milk to him.
hoping to help

BTW most babies I know have dreadful smelling farts Hope that it may be a passing thing for you x

Hi there, this link is about the fact that breastmilk is made from what passes into your blood, not what is in your stomach or digestive trac - it does not address your specific concern (coeliac/gluten) but may help? Do you know if gluten passes into your bloodstream, I think not but I'm no biologist! here

OH YES!

It took me 5 months of hell to work this one out - explosive, vinegary poo, never-ending wind and gurgles and colic and reflux and sleepless nights. As soon as I gave up gluten, DD was a perfect sleeper and a transformed baby.

The good new is that it doesn't necessarily mean that DC is coeliac. We challenged DD at 22 months with no problems at all.

An I'm apparently not coeliac either according to the blood test. Just my DD was a sensitive wee soul,apparently.

thanks for the responses...I had namechanged as I'm a bit at my crapness over not being able to get back to my GF diet but can't be bothered to change again.

I know that antibodies to gluten are in your bloodstream, but not if gluten itself is.

I'm going to try and call coeliac uk about this one.

I would hate for DS2 to go through life being coeliac as I find it is soooo limiting and difficult, and I was only diagnosed a few years ago.

I'd love to know what coeliacuk say about this DAISY. I could never quite work out if it was me producing the antibodies and them causing a reaction in DD (I was definitely showing coeliac symptoms pretty badly after DD's birth, but they seem to have abated over time - I haven't chased it any further since my negative blood test when she was 2) or whether she had transient sensitivity. If it was the former, I feel for keeping her GF for nearly 2 years when she needn't have been.

Whichever way, staying GF when BF is definitely a good move - if I even ate a cocktail sausage we'd be up for the next 3 nights!

I'll post up what they say .