WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: Diarrhea in pregnancy

Re: Diarrhea in pregnancy

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 7 Jan 2000 12:12:54 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Ken wrote: >
>My wife is 21 weeks pregnant with triplets. She's had diarrhea for two
>months, almost continuously. Her doctors have checked the usual things,
>and can't find any reason for it, and are rather stumped. Controlling
>her diet does not clearly make a difference; it certainly hasn't
>resolved the problem. But the aspect of the issue we're most concerned
>about is nutrition: should she return to a more or less regular diet
>(with dairy products, some fruit, vegetables) or should she remain
>dairy-free, and eating little fruit and vegetables? We're worried that
>the babies may not be getting adequate nourishment. Her weight gain is
>ok, about a pound a week, but not great, and she certainly craves dairy.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions!
>
>--
>Kenneth Reinhard
>Associate Professor of English
>and Comparative Literature,
>UCLA
>

The neat things about a fetus (or fetae? in your case - oh, just plain fetuses) is that they just need calories and don't care where they come from. If dairy restriction didn't do it, the restarting shouldn't make a difference. If it does, it can always be stopped again.

Has a gatroenterologist been consulted? There are more causes than just lactose intolerance.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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