Comment Get your wife tested for celiac disease (Score 1) 381
I hate to mention possibly bad outcomes to the pregnancy, but it's better to find out some things ahead of time.
At about 20 weeks, your wife should be tested for celiac disease. It's basically a gluten intolerance that ruins your intestines. While that's bad enough in its own, research has linked the presence of celiac disease to "unfavorable" pregnancy endings (i.e. miscarriage, stillbirth, etc.)
The other bit about celiac disease that nobody seems to mention is that quite often pregnancy can trigger it. So, even if your wife is fine now, I would still highly suggest getting tested before the halfway point of the pregnancy.
My wife and I lost our baby at 37 weeks in December. She has since been diagnosed with celiac, and the doctors think it may have been a large contributing factor.
Don't take any chances!!!!
At about 20 weeks, your wife should be tested for celiac disease. It's basically a gluten intolerance that ruins your intestines. While that's bad enough in its own, research has linked the presence of celiac disease to "unfavorable" pregnancy endings (i.e. miscarriage, stillbirth, etc.)
The other bit about celiac disease that nobody seems to mention is that quite often pregnancy can trigger it. So, even if your wife is fine now, I would still highly suggest getting tested before the halfway point of the pregnancy.
My wife and I lost our baby at 37 weeks in December. She has since been diagnosed with celiac, and the doctors think it may have been a large contributing factor.
Don't take any chances!!!!
