Eating peanuts while breastfeeding

[Nadene]

I have been advised to stop breastfeeding due to drugs prescribed to me, so have been overdosing on peanut products that I couldn't eat while I was pregnent or breastfeeding. If I want to start b/f again, how long should I wait to let the peanuts get out of my system?

i eat peanut butter whilst bf, and also ate it when i was pg....

Me too hoxtonchick.

oh good lm, thought i was going to be a pariah

Nadene, I remember my dad was visiting when ds was first born and he used to go down to the shops and by me loads of snickers bars, which I scoffed down one by one for weeks. Ds, though he's allergic to several anitbiotics & had eczema, has NO problem with peanuts. So I think it's unlikely you'll have a problem. . .but if you're still worried, I'm sorry to say I don't know how long it takes for a food to clear from the breastmilk.

No, hoxtonchick, we can be pariahs together!

I've been eating Snickers bars. And breastfeeding DD. Although not both at the same time I have to admit .

I eat peanuts all the time! And snickers bars. Yum.
But they may account for stubbornness of extra 2+ stone in weight..

Why do you think you can't eat them? Do you have nut allergic people in your family?

Hey, come to that, I gave all my children peanut butter to eat themselves at six months onwards. None of them have any allergies as yet.

I think I was addicted to Snickers bars when I was pregnant/breastfeeding (well that and Spring Rolls from the Chinese takeaway).

I have no idea how long it takes to get out of your system but it can't be that long surely.

I'm not sure they've 100% proven that what is in your breastmilk can cause allergies have they? (haven't been pregnant or breastfeeding for years so I maybe well out of touch!)

I get hayfever and allergic to dust. They say if you have allergies, eating peanuts while b/f can cause allergies in the baby.

I have severe nut allergy. I did slip up a few times while B feeding, and, indeed while pregnant . No-one actually looked at my history and said, 'Don't eat nuts' mind. Not sure if that is a reflection on that the research is not conclusive or just their lack of knowledge .

AM going to avoid nuts with DS untill he is 5 (think thats the current advice) so won't know untill then. Am pleased, as, so far, touch wood, the excema, hayfever and athsma suffered by both me and DP dosen't seem to be affecting him. I'd be so pleased if it continued to be the case.

PS am absolutely loving peanuts at the moment, dry roasted, yum!

how can you eat them if you are severely allergic?

I have an antibiotic allergy, mild excema, mild asthma (but doesn't everyone have at least one of these?). No food allergies in the family, though.

I still eat peanuts and peanut butter, while pregnant and breastfeeding. I'm Canadian! We live on peanut butter! How could I go without? Both my boys love peanut butter.

Oh, I'd think they'd be out of your system in 12-24 hours. I am totally guessing though.

There is no 'official' advice to avoid peanuts while breastfeeding. And studies do not show a link.

Oh, I'm glad to hear that, aloha. I've just been following common sense, and my inability to live without peanut butter and snickers bars.

It does seem unlikely that the proteins would go through, as they get broken down into their constituent amino acids in the gut.

Actually I think some traces do get through, I think, but large studies couldn't find a link between peanut consumption and allergies in children.

And peanuts are rich in choline which is vital for brain development.

Personally, I would suggest you avoid them if you can. I have a severe nut allergy (amongst others & asthma & eczema) and my mum ate peanuts while bf me. Possibly coincedental.

I would hate for anyones children to be nut allergic. I carry adrenaline and can't even kiss people at new year (why does everyone eat nuts at new year???). I'm fine with it but my poor mum is still terrified!

Personally, I would suggest you avoid them if you can. I have a severe nut allergy (amongst others & asthma & eczema) and my mum ate peanuts while bf me. Possibly coincedental.

I would hate for anyones children to be nut allergic. I carry adrenaline and can't even kiss people at new year (why does everyone eat nuts at new year???). I'm fine with it but my poor mum is still terrified!

Have you been expressing Nadene to keep your milk supply up? There are very few drugs you cannot take while breastfeeding.

this site is very informative

Nadine, because I'm luckily only allergic to Brazil nuts. Eat one though, and I'd be lucky to survive. Had full anaphalactic shock from a quarter of one.

Touching and kissing a baby after you have eaten peanuts could be enough to trigger a reaction, you have to be exposed to something to be allergic, and this is a way of being exposed. That takes 12 hours to stop being a problem. My mum and dad don't eat the nuts on the plane to see ds in case they cause a reaction when they get here.

I would second the advice to check if you really do need to stop breastfeeding whilst on medication.