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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not just the PP's singular story.  There are many of us telling you that we breastfed and did everything "right," and anaphylactic food allergies are still there.  I know you want a simplistic answer, but if scientists don't know and can't find the reason, I am pretty sure your attempts to place the blame on maternal laziness are not going to work.

Personally, I believe that the increase in allergies and mental illness are related (not that they are related in a single person, but that there may be a common factor causing the societal increase in both).  Histamine is also a neurotransmitter.  Many antidepressants have powerful antihistamine properties.  They have found elevated histamine levels in some anorexics.  There is a potential relationship between these things worthy of more research.[/quote]

DP who breastfed first kid for a year and second one for 1.5 years.

I wonder if my kids would have less allergies (combined,  they are allergic to dairy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, fish ) if I never breastfed them. I grew up in a place where allergies are not common, but I had all kinds of undiagnosed illnesses and neurological issues that go away when I don't eat wheat and dairy ( I am allergic to neither according to allergy tests).

I think I was born with a messed up immune system and I passed it down to them. I wonder if they would have had a better chance of not picking up my immune issues if they never breastfed at all.
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I could have written that. I’m intolerant to gluten and dairy and just sensitive to stuff in general. Some foods give me migraines. I don’t have allergies though and am in excellent health. I think my body doesn’t break down food protein as it should (leaky gut?). I’m pretty sure breastfeeding or even just pregnancy exposed my babies  to food proteins in a way that made them allergic. If I had to do it again I would not breastfeed. Or use donor milk maybe. We always wanted a third but I’ve been to scared to have another child with multiple food allergies and not knowing what to do to prevent them. [/quote]

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