Amazing April Allergies Chat!! - Page 3

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by TanyaLopez

Oh, bummer on the eggs. I don't know if they'd work with an Ener-g egg replacer or flax goo or I think there's a gelatin egg sub too. I hear sunbutter works everywhere regular nut butters do, but I haven't had to use it.

It was hilarious at Christmas, I brought peanut butter chocolate chip cookies as the low-allergen cookie solution to the get-together because they're gfcf and didn't have tree nuts--all issues for others in our homeschooling group. But the newest family has peanut issues, so that's out now.

I'm supposed to be joining DH to do yard work, our spring cleaning for the outside of the house. We're considering (not this weekend!) replacing the old, scary low deck (no railings around the edge, just a step up) with a brick patio. It looks doable, I'm just leery of starting big projects, but I think we can do it. Ok, need to go hack away at dead shrubs.

They MIGHT work with Ener-G replacer, since there are recipes for even such egg-centric dishes as quiche using that. Otherwise, I doubt it.

I was supposed to go outside today for yard work too but of course now the wind has picked up and it's raining cats and dogs.

[changingseasons]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

I was supposed to go outside today for yard work too but of course now the wind has picked up and it's raining cats and dogs.

Me too. Oh well.. plenty of inside projects to work on. They're just not quite as convenient with a toddler who wants to help. (Like getting carpet pad goo and tack strips off the hardwood floor, spackling, painting, you know...)

[Theloose]

I've heard it's the lecithin in eggs that has the nonstick action. You can buy lecithin, but I think it's usually soy. Or sunflower. Anyone want to experiment with sunbutter pancakes?

[gigismom]

I need to get more adventurous with the egg subsititutes. tanya, your post in the other thread on the topic has given me some ideas for this weekend. anyway, i figured out why i was craving sweets and baked good so much yesterday

cs... i sooo want to rip out my carpet in my house! we did the girls' room not long ago and though the hardwood floors underneath need to be refinished, they are way better than the yucky carpet and everything that goes with it. i can deal with not pretty hardwood floors until we have the $ to refinish it more than the allergens and stains in the carpet. this is project for the near future over here, too.

jr... we also have tons of spring clean up to do. it is going to be in the mid to upper 70s this weekend so expect to be doing that this weekend.

in the meantime, i am supposed to be working so... bye for now

jen

[waluso]

I have a question on the fertility discussion. For those who are breastfeeding (or who did extended breastfeeding), when did you get your cycle back? DD is 22 months old and I still don't have my cycle back. Doesn't make TTCing much of an option right now. DD is definitely nursing less during the day but still nurses a lot at night. When I work outside the home 2 days a week I pump once. I'd really like to cut out that pumping session but DD still takes milk sometimes when I'm gone so I need some pumped milk. I would also love to nightwean but that just isn't an option when DD already wakes up every hour crying. Just wondering what it would take for my cycle to come back ...

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by waluso

I have a question on the fertility discussion. For those who are breastfeeding (or who did extended breastfeeding), when did you get your cycle back? DD is 22 months old and I still don't have my cycle back. Doesn't make TTCing much of an option right now. DD is definitely nursing less during the day but still nurses a lot at night. When I work outside the home 2 days a week I pump once. I'd really like to cut out that pumping session but DD still takes milk sometimes when I'm gone so I need some pumped milk. I would also love to nightwean but that just isn't an option when DD already wakes up every hour crying. Just wondering what it would take for my cycle to come back ...

mine came back at 28mo. There was a study I read that length of amenorrhea had to do with prolactin/estrogen ratios at the end of pregnancy. Higher ratio -> longer w/o af.

Spitting up when the milk comes in. Normal? Dd wasn't a spitter-upper at all, except when she gorged on that newfound milk. Ds spit up 4-5 times this morning . Trying to guess if it's sheer volume or the kefir I had before bed. That might have given me a tummy ache too.

[changingseasons]

waluso- my cycle came back at 6 weeks. (DD was sleeping 11 hours straight at that point... until the allergies started.) I had 2 cycles, DD stopped sleeping through the night, and my cycle stopped again for another year.

Shannon- spitting up was always a food reaction for us. But I have no idea if there is a "normal" amount of spit-up.

[tanyalynn]

Originally Posted by whoMe

mine came back at 28mo. There was a study I read that length of amenorrhea had to do with prolactin/estrogen ratios at the end of pregnancy. Higher ratio -> longer w/o af.

Interesting. Need to read more on estrogen during pregnancy, I think I make a lot/break down slowly normally, and my cycles came back really early with both kids--DS wasn't anywhere near SSTN at 3mos.

Spitting up when the milk comes in. Normal? Dd wasn't a spitter-upper at all, except when she gorged on that newfound milk. Ds spit up 4-5 times this morning . Trying to guess if it's sheer volume or the kefir I had before bed. That might have given me a tummy ache too.

I thought early spitting up could be normal, due to normal physical development. But when does it switch to not normal? I don't know, I know DD was still occasionally spitting up at 12 mos and she was getting at least half her calories from solids at that point.

[dannic]

Originally Posted by whoMe

I've heard it's the lecithin in eggs that has the nonstick action. You can buy lecithin, but I think it's usually soy. Or sunflower. Anyone want to experiment with sunbutter pancakes?

I do! How do you guys know what component the eggs are in a recipe? Is there a book?

dd2 is not cooperating...bbl.

[mamafish9]

I got AF back within 2 months with both kids, and they were still nursing every 2 hours at least all night long. I was not impressed

[waluso]

Thanks for the replies. I didn't realize it may not be "normal" for it to take so long (not that any of us here are normal ). Off to research prolactin/estrogen ratios.

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by dannic

I do! How do you guys know what component the eggs are in a recipe? Is there a book?

dd2 is not cooperating...bbl.

I'm just a food geek through and through I've been somewhat interested in food chemistry at least since high school... I think the lecithin stuff was from a NYTimes article a couple years ago? There's also an interesting book, food science and lore (or something like that. It's textbook-sized and has a red cover ) that explains a bit.

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by waluso

Thanks for the replies. I didn't realize it may not be "normal" for it to take so long (not that any of us here are normal ). Off to research prolactin/estrogen ratios.

fwiw, i had 2 (irregular) AFs before conceiving ds3. So around 21 months for me I guess.

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by dannic

I do! How do you guys know what component the eggs are in a recipe? Is there a book?

dd2 is not cooperating...bbl.

I assess the dough/batter for what action the eggs will need to have for a desireable end product, while taking into consideration what properties are "less important". ie structure (thickening while rising) is more important in a cake batter than in a cookie dough

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by waluso

Thanks for the replies. I didn't realize it may not be "normal" for it to take so long (not that any of us here are normal ). Off to research prolactin/estrogen ratios.

I think normal/average is 14mo or so?
Dopamine opposes prolactin, and estrogen is inactivated by methyl groups. I sense nutrient/detox pathways out of whack in all of us

[dannic]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

I assess the dough/batter for what action the eggs will need to have for a desireable end product, while taking into consideration what properties are "less important". ie structure (thickening while rising) is more important in a cake batter than in a cookie dough

Yes, but how did you get there? How do you know what to do to get the "desired end product"? I never had to think about this before eliminating eggs? And I'm just hinking if I had that knowledge, things would be so much easier for me/us...

So there's something to add to your book, Kathy. Or you and JR and Shannon could collaborate and write a book on this!

I got af back at 11, 16, and 18 mos. However, I felt I could have gotten pregnant without the actual menstruation...which could be a possibility for you, too! (My sister did. Hers never returned and they were tttc anyways and it worked. But we're highly fertile. Her son was 14 mos when she conceived.)

I've got a possible recipe in my thread--care to look? (It needs egg substitution)

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by TanyaLopez

I don't know if it's interesting enough, but I like roasted asparagus, squeeze some lemon juice on and salt it. Simple but tasty.



You know everything I do about enlarged tonsils/adenoids. Do you think the kids have lyme too? It seems like immune system irritants are involved, for DD's tonsils it was just the foods, but it sounds like you're good there. How's the plan for the kids, from the new, knowledgeable HCP? Good/bad/need to wait til you're feeling better before trying to coerce and/or sneak supps into him?

I'm still working on an opinion of the new HCP. She seems very good when I talk to her but she's very difficult to get in touch with in between appointments if I have a question or concern. Also, it seems that we're always rushed at the end of meetings so I never have time to ask about expectations for a healing timeframe. I'm trying to set up a phone appointment with her for next week to discuss the adenoid issue. But like I said, its severely impacting his sleep (and ours) and could be contributing to the growth issues.

I have no idea about the lyme. No idea.

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by dannic

Chlobo, sorry about the adenoids. I totally hear you on thinking that they're meant to be there, but what do you do when they're just not right? I'd feel the same. Is the hcp a good one? Would a second opinion be a goodthing?

This is a top ENT at a good hospital in Boston. I don't think a second opinion would yield a different result. I'm trying to connect to some "alternative" resources to ask their opinion.

[tanyalynn]

Originally Posted by whoMe

I think normal/average is 14mo or so?
Dopamine opposes prolactin, and estrogen is inactivated by methyl groups. I sense nutrient/detox pathways out of whack in all of us

Really?!? Holy smokes. Wouldn't that be nice.

And yeah--we're a weird mix of things that are not quite right.

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by dannic

Yes, but how did you get there? How do you know what to do to get the "desired end product"? I never had to think about this before eliminating eggs? And I'm just thinking if I had that knowledge, things would be so much easier for me/us...

For me, it's the result of 25+ years of baking so, although I have to think about eggs in particular now ("what would I want the eggs to do?"), it's just part of the experience of baking, iykwim. It was REALLY hard at first, when I had completely new ingredients to work with (going dairy, egg and gluten free all at once has both advantages and disadvantages) and had NO CLUE how any of my new ingredients "acted".
There are bakers/cooks who think about it and those who don't. My mom doesn't. I do. Maybe because I started so young so had a lot of mess ups? Like accidentally using baking soda instead of powder () and leaving eggs out of recipes on accident. And trying to use liquid oil instead of solid oil in cookies (don't do it!). There are a lot of wasted ingredients in my background- which means a lot of experimentation. I'm terrible at passing on knowledge of the experiential sort. Hopefully Kathy is better.