Can an un-born baby have food allergies.?

Question

Was looking at a jar of peanut butter today and wondered if a pregnant woman ate peanuts and the baby had a nut allergy, what would happen?
Because some people have bad nut allergies that can kill them.

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Answer 1

There have been studies recently that suggest the fetus is sensitized in utero if the mother eats peanuts while pregnant, and will therefore develop an allergy to them.
It is unlikely to have an allergic reaction to it while in the womb, because antibodies have to first form against a food after the birth, and after the food is eaten by the baby.
Peanut allergies are life threatening to those who suffer from anaphylaxis. That's when you have such a severe allergy to something, your airways swell to the point you cannot get air, and is fatal if you don't receive proper emergency medical attention.
You are very wise to ask this question.
My one-year-old son has severe food allergies, along with anaphylaxis. He IS one of the children being born these days with life threatening peanut allergy. I cannot tell you how many peanut butter sandwiches I ate while I was pregnant with him, along with a glass of milk. I thought I was eating healthy.
He also suffers anaphylaxis from wheat. He has an egg allergy, and a milk allergy.
If I knew then one iota of what I know now from reading every thread of information I can get my hands on to educate myself and other family members about his condition...I would have NEVER taken the first bite!
Theoretically, yes they can develop an allergy, but not have a life threatening reaction in the womb, because the mother is the life force at that time.
Babies born with peanut allergies has doubled (yes doubled) in the past five years, and no one knows why. I will always believe this was the case in my baby's situation.
I highly recommend to any pregnant mother avoid eating peanuts in any form or fashion. I don't wish living in this fearful little box my family has been put into on any innocent child. Just simply don't do it. Better to be on the side of caution than not to.

Answer 2

Like people have said if a pregnant woman eats a lot of peanuts then the baby might have a higher risk of a peanut allergy. It wouldn't affect the baby while it was in the womb but it would when the baby was born. My brother was born with eczema and some of the creams used for that had peanut oils in them, he has a life threatening peanut allergy and scientists have found a link between the creams and the allergy. So basically a high exposure to something like peanuts when the child is very vulnerable could cause a higher risk of nut allergy but it wouldn't kill the baby while it was in the womb.

Answer 3

At six months of age, she could basically purely be commencing solids. you do no longer could introduce an excellent style of diverse ones good away. this would possibly not make her a "greater efficient" eater. My oldest daughter is such an unfussy eater, persons are bowled over. At 2, she could gobble down crimson cabbage and at age 3, ate pizza with anchovies. i began out her on solids at 7 a million/2 months and basically one foodstuff each week. She became into on a strict anti-allergen foodstuff ordinary and did fairly properly. i will make particularly a lot something and he or she'll consume it. I did the comparable along with her sister with comparable achievement. it is so extreme-high quality to have an unfussy eaters!!! Strawberries are vast allergens so do no longer feed them to her till she's a minimum of 18 months previous. additionally, she's a ways too youthful for apple juice. it relatively is fairly organic sugar water and could fill up her tummy as a substitute of the milk she needs. except you're returning to artwork, you do no longer could make her drink from a bottle or provide her formulation. Waste of time! purely feed her in the previous and after leaving her with a sitter. she would manage to flow 2-3 hours now. I placed my 2 daughers in p/t daycare at 7 months each and neither ever had bottles or formulation. wish that facilitates!

Answer 4

Unborn babies don't eat food. They get nutrients directly from the umbilical cord in the womb. Food allergies will not present until the baby actually eats the food.

Answer 5

the baby only gets the nutrients not the actual food.

Answer 6

That's a good question....I bet they can. That might explain some of the times there are miscarriages that can't be explained otherwise.