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Coffee no milk please.... My experience with a post pregnancy food intolerance


Hey lovely people! Merry Christmas and sorry I’ve been away from my blog for so long. I haven’t really got a good reason for why it’s been so long between posts oh wait... yes I do! I have a very busy little man who has just started crawling! He’s been into everything and just generally exhausting me. Crawling has actually been a pretty exciting and a fun adventure for both of us. It’s really transformed my days because he’s so much busier and happier. He seems to spend much longer periods of time exploring his world and happily playing. I love how he can reach a lot more things now and make discoveries himself through his play. It’s meant I have a bit more freedom too because he’s a lot less grizzly and frustrated- hooray!

I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile now and hope that it sheds some light on a not that common Mum topic.

Food intolerances post pregnancy...

I’ll be the first person to admit that I didn’t really believe a lot of the hype around food intolerances before I developed one. Obviously allergies are different to intolerances because there has always been people who are allergic to things like nuts or eggs etc but I never knew you could develop food intolerances over your lifetime and I never knew pregnancy could have something to do with it.

Let me explain ...

Since having my little boy I’ve become intolerant to dairy. I’ve found a little bit is ok but not a whole lot or even quarter of a glass of milk in my tea is too much! It’s so weird and pretty annoying. I used to be a big milk drinker, I had it on my breakfast everyday, I’d only drink coffee and tea with milk and I’d put lashings of whipped cream on everything and anything if it was there but now when I have milk or cream I get violently ill within half an hour or so. I keep thinking it will go away but it still hasn’t and it’s coming up on 8 months. It’s just another thing that people don’t tell you about post pregnancy. I guess a lot of people might not know about it or might not experience any so that could be apart of it. I wanted to post this story about it to raise a bit of awareness really and also to let people know that dairy is delicious but maybe it’s not so essential in an adult diet? Just something to think about..

I’ve recently been taking a bit of a break from gluten as well and trying to focus on mostly whole, fresh foods that are easily digested . I’ve been feeling a lot better, with more energy but still not 100 percent 😢 Hopefully it’s wont be the rest of my life because I really do love soft cheese and milkshakes!! I’ve been reading a lot about it online and if your interested or think you might have a sensitivity or intolerance this website might help. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lactose-intolerance/symptoms-causes/syc-20374232

Some research seems to suggest its to do with immune system suppression that can occur during pregnancy and other people think it’s to do with your hormones not equalising fast enough. I have no idea what cuased it really but it’s not all bad though! I’ve discovered that I really like almond milk and there’s a lot of great milk replacements. I’ve also lost about 5 kgs or more so I’m taking that as a win. Loose jeans and a happier tummy can only be a good thing!
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