> > > > My theory is that the peanut allergy has only become common since pregnant mums we're told not to eat peanuts during pregnancy, thus depriving babies of a natural immunity.
>
> > > > The spike in the allergy is more prevalent in the western world. Go middle east and far east they don't tell pregnant mums to eats nuts and incidences of nut allergies are still very low.
>
> > >
> > > I've never heard of Dr's telling pregnant women not to eat nuts.
>
>
> > Pregnant are certainly told it in the UK and some other European countries,I think for the last few years:
>
> > http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnan...regnancy#close
>
>
>
> No, they are NOT . Your NHS link says exactly the opposite;
>
> quote
> "
>
> Peanuts are safe in pregnancy
>
> Go ahead and eat peanuts or food containing peanuts (such as peanut
>
> butter) during pregnancy, unless you are allergic to them or a health
>
> professional advises you not to.
>
>
>
> You may have heard peanuts should be avoided during pregnancy. This is
>
> because the government previously advised women to avoid eating peanuts
>
> if there was a history of allergy (such as asthma, eczema, hay fever and
>
> food allergy) in their child's immediate family.
>
>
>
> This advice has now been changed because the latest research has shown
>
> no clear evidence eating peanuts during pregnancy affects the chances of
>
> your baby developing a peanut allergy."
>
> endquote

> Janet UK

Near the top of that article there is a list of foods to avoid and one of them is peanuts. That has been the case for some years now.

I hadn't read to the bottom of the article, but it does seem to be contradicting itself.

Cherry

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:35:35 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
wrote:

> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 5:58:20 PM UTC+1, sf wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've never heard of Dr's telling pregnant women not to eat nuts.
> >
>
> Pregnant are certainly told it in the UK and some other European countries,I think for the last few years:
>
> http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnan...regnancy#close
>

Apparently not here. DD had a baby less than a year ago and I didn't
hear a peep about nuts. Drs have a schedule for introducing new foods
to babies, but that seems to be as far as it goes.


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"Cherry" > wrote in message
...
> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 5:58:20 PM UTC+1, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:02:34 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > My theory is that the peanut allergy has only become common since
>> > pregnant mums we're told not to eat peanuts during pregnancy, thus
>> > depriving babies of a natural immunity.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > The spike in the allergy is more prevalent in the western world. Go
>> > middle east and far east they don't tell pregnant mums to eats nuts and
>> > incidences of nut allergies are still very low.
>>
>>
>> I've never heard of Dr's telling pregnant women not to eat nuts.
>>
>> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to
>> hold them.
>
> Pregnant are certainly told it in the UK and some other European
> countries,I think for the last few years:
>
> http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnan...regnancy#close
>
> Cherry

Your link says they are safe:

"
Peanuts are safe in pregnancy
Go ahead and eat peanuts or food containing peanuts (such as peanut butter)
during pregnancy, unless you are allergic to them or a health professional
advises you not to.

You may have heard peanuts should be avoided during pregnancy. This is
because the government previously advised women to avoid eating peanuts if
there was a history of allergy (such as asthma, eczema, hay fever and food
allergy) in their child's immediate family.

This advice has now been changed because the latest research has shown no
clear evidence eating peanuts during pregnancy affects the chances of your
baby developing a peanut allergy. "

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:02:34 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
wrote:

> I think that peanut allergy thing is overblown and ridiculous. I know
>absolutely NO one with a peanut allergy, and yet I know someone who carries an epi pen at all times because she's that allergic to onions. I even know someone who is allergic to beans, yes - beans (not the green vegetable)! If I can know even one person with a weird allergy like that and not a soul who is allergic to peanuts, it's overblown.
>>
>>
>>3-4% of Americans have a serious food allergy, but indications are that .6% of them are allergic to peanuts.
>>
>>
>> > What's odd is how that has spiked up lately.
>>
>> > http://content.time.com/time/health/...869095,00.html
>>
>> > Between 1997 and 2007, the number of children under 18 who suffered from food allergies jumped 17%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
>>
>>
>> Yes and nobody really knows why for sure.
>
>My theory is that the peanut allergy has only become common since pregnant mums we're told not to eat peanuts during pregnancy, thus depriving babies of a natural immunity.
>
>The spike in the allergy is more prevalent in the western world. Go middle east and far east they don't tell pregnant mums to eats nuts and incidences of nut allergies are still very low.
>
>Cherry

Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
playing in the back seat of the car.
#rottenmom ;-)

koko

On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:37:27 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:

>
> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
> playing in the back seat of the car.
>
> #rottenmom ;-)
>

Smoking mom --> lower birthweight babies --> came out easier.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:37:27 -0700, koko > wrote:

> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
> playing in the back seat of the car.
> #rottenmom ;-)


I know, I know! How did they ever survive?


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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:41:59 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:37:27 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:
>
> >
> > Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
> > nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
> > productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
> > playing in the back seat of the car.
> >
> > #rottenmom ;-)
> >
>
> Smoking mom --> lower birthweight babies --> came out easier.

I don't think you've ever given birth.

Didn't smoke, but I had small babies. Son was 6.5 lbs. Not a fun
time giving birth with no drugs, but those were the days. DD was 5.5
lbs and slipped out before they could wheel me into the delivery room.
There's something to be said for not having gestational diabetes. All
my friends and relatives seemed to be giving birth to monsters. I
asked the Dr what I'd done wrong and he said: nothing. He said a 1lb
difference in birth weight was the normal difference between males and
females. Son is 6 ft tall, so I certainly didn't stunt his growth.


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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:41:59 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

>On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:37:27 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:
>
>>
>> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
>> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
>> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
>> playing in the back seat of the car.
>>
>> #rottenmom ;-)
>>
>
>Smoking mom --> lower birthweight babies --> came out easier.

I don't consider 7lb + babies lower birthweight.

koko

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:41:59 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:37:27 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
>> > nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
>> > productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
>> > playing in the back seat of the car.
>> >
>> > #rottenmom ;-)
>> >
>>
>> Smoking mom --> lower birthweight babies --> came out easier.
>
> I don't think you've ever given birth.
>
> Didn't smoke, but I had small babies. Son was 6.5 lbs. Not a fun
> time giving birth with no drugs, but those were the days. DD was 5.5
> lbs and slipped out before they could wheel me into the delivery room.
> There's something to be said for not having gestational diabetes. All
> my friends and relatives seemed to be giving birth to monsters. I
> asked the Dr what I'd done wrong and he said: nothing. He said a 1lb
> difference in birth weight was the normal difference between males and
> females. Son is 6 ft tall, so I certainly didn't stunt his growth.

I had gestational diabetes but Angela was slightly smaller than average. 2
oz. less I think.

"koko" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:41:59 -0700 (PDT),
> wrote:
>
>>On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:37:27 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
>>> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
>>> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
>>> playing in the back seat of the car.
>>>
>>> #rottenmom ;-)
>>>
>>
>>Smoking mom --> lower birthweight babies --> came out easier.
>
> I don't consider 7lb + babies lower birthweight.

Average is 7 lb and some ounces. Can't remember the ounces.

"Cherry" > wrote in message
...
> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 5:58:20 PM UTC+1, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:02:34 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > My theory is that the peanut allergy has only become common since
>> > pregnant mums we're told not to eat peanuts during pregnancy, thus
>> > depriving babies of a natural immunity.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > The spike in the allergy is more prevalent in the western world. Go
>> > middle east and far east they don't tell pregnant mums to eats nuts and
>> > incidences of nut allergies are still very low.
>>
>>
>> I've never heard of Dr's telling pregnant women not to eat nuts.
>>
>> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to
>> hold them.
>
> Pregnant are certainly told it in the UK and some other European
> countries,I think for the last few years:
>
> http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnan...regnancy#close
>
> Cherry

In yesterday's Daily Mail there was a story about a 4 year old who went into
anaphylactic shock when some man 4 seats away opened a bag of peanuts.

Ok found it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...uts-board.html



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"koko" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:02:34 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
> wrote:
>
>> I think that peanut allergy thing is overblown and ridiculous. I know
>>absolutely NO one with a peanut allergy, and yet I know someone who
>>carries an epi pen at all times because she's that allergic to onions. I
>>even know someone who is allergic to beans, yes - beans (not the green
>>vegetable)! If I can know even one person with a weird allergy like that
>>and not a soul who is allergic to peanuts, it's overblown.
>>>
>>>
>>>3-4% of Americans have a serious food allergy, but indications are that
>>>.6% of them are allergic to peanuts.
>>>
>>>
>>> > What's odd is how that has spiked up lately.
>>>
>>> > http://content.time.com/time/health/...869095,00.html
>>>
>>> > Between 1997 and 2007, the number of children under 18 who suffered
>>> > from food allergies jumped 17%, according to the Centers for Disease
>>> > Control and Prevention.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes and nobody really knows why for sure.
>>
>>My theory is that the peanut allergy has only become common since pregnant
>>mums we're told not to eat peanuts during pregnancy, thus depriving babies
>>of a natural immunity.
>>
>>The spike in the allergy is more prevalent in the western world. Go
>>middle east and far east they don't tell pregnant mums to eats nuts and
>>incidences of nut allergies are still very low.
>>
>>Cherry
>
> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
> playing in the back seat of the car.
> #rottenmom ;-)

LOL all true Makes you wonder how they survived eh? )


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> wrote in message
...
> On Thursday, August 14, 2014 6:37:27 PM UTC-7, koko wrote:
>
>>
>> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
>> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
>> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
>> playing in the back seat of the car.
>>
>> #rottenmom ;-)
>>
>
> Smoking mom --> lower birthweight babies --> came out easier.

I smoked with my first two and one was 7lb 14 oz and the other 9 lb 4 oz.
Given what you say it is a good thing I did smoke)) By the time I was
pregnant with my third we had learned all about the damage it could do and I
stopped. She was the lightest and 7 lb 4 oz )



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