Did any mothers of an HFI child go off sugar?

[ukbill]

Hi just a thought?

Any mothers of an HFI child out there go "off" sweet things while pregnant?

My mother became ill if she had anything very sweet while she was pregnant with me. To the point where the smell of ice cream made her feel very sick.

If this proves to be the case then we might have an early indicator of HFI for new born children?

Or could it have been coincidence?

[anastazya]

My Mother couldn't eat enough chocolate. She just told me she craved it and would eat tons of it while she was pregnant with me. But she did have morning sickness so bad that she could only eat between the hours of 12am and 2am.

Guess I'm not any help. But it's a really good question and I am curious as too what other people say about this.

[marleen]

When I was pregnant of my oldest daughter (not HFI) I craved fruits and chocolate.
But when I was pregnant of Nienke (possible HFI) I didn't want to eat any fruits. Other sweets I don't remember. I remember cravings of gravy with patotoes and fries.

[lukesmom]

I was diagnosed with Intraheptic Cholestasis of pregnancy at 32 weeks. My liver was producing too much bile and it made me itch incredibly from the inside out- uncontrollably- all the way to delivery. Included elevated liver enzymes/poor liver function, jaundice. Second pregnancy, normal, non-HFI baby! When Luke got his HFI diagnosis, they said it was not linked to this in my pregnancy- but a random, rare liver malfunction during pregnancy and an HFI child is NOT a coincidence in my book. I was not "off" sugars- I think his body was reacting through mine.

[charlie]

I had horrendous sickness for the first 4 months and the last 2, also showed glucose in my pee in last month and high blood pressure - but that may be more that i was still treating horses at 7 months pregnant and eating sweet things just to keep my energy up. I must admit I had to admit defeat at 8 months and sit at home doing nothing and couldn't keep anything down. Went right off all food.
as soon as Megs came out I could eat anything. I was extremely sick throughout the delivery, they lost count how many times I vomited. What an experience!!!!! Never again.!!!!

[Tammy]

When I was pregnant with Regina, I ate anything and everything. Never even a single day of morning sickness. I became the size of a house. She was the easiest of my 3 pregnancies. Definitely not any symptoms there that we could have noticed.

[ukbill]

Thanks for all of you who have replied.. no real indications so far we need more responses to see if there might be a connection.

I have asked Dr Tollan if any research has been done into parents of HFI to see if the reason for so many of our variations and reactions is as a result different 1/2 genes mixing or environmental i.e what we eat now and what we ate as children.

I'll keep you all posted when he replies.

[Jennifer B]

When I was pregnant with my son (he is now 4 with a diagnosis of HFI at 3) I ate sweet things, specifically ice cream and ding dongs. I also craved a lot of chicken and gravy but could not eat any type of beef (which was something I loved prior to becoming pregnant). I had no problems during my pregnancy outside of the usual morning sickness and although my son was 3 weeks early (I think that had more to do with my size than anything else, I am petite) he was healthy. I also breast fed him for almost 5 months and the only thing he seemed to have problems with me eating was spicy foods. But I still had sweets and fruits and veggies while I breast fed. However if I have another child and they turn out to have HFI too I will probably eat more of what they can have then what I want just to make sure.

[ukbill]

Thanks for that Jennifer B I'll have to try to find a specialist in breast feeding and ask them if the Furctose sugar can come though in the milk..
I remember My daughter not liking the taste of mothers milk when my wife had eaten curry it was the same all thought her pregnancy.. she could not eat spicy foods as "baby objected"

Jennifer still is not keen on hot spicy foods even now she is 21!

It seems so far there may be some sort of occasional link but not strong enough to use as an advanced diagnosis.

The more comments the better however as it might show up a stronger trend if we get enough postings thanks to all who have contributed so far

[ukbill]

OK so the answer to Fructose being transfered is NO!

Which is what I suspected but its interesting to note that Proteins do pass through.

Thanks Fred I have not delved into the archives that far back!