Baby, Food Allergies & Nursing

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Hi, M.:

Yes. D.

EVERYTHING you put in your system gets passed into your milk. Some things won't be as prominent in your milk as others, but it still will contaminate it. I would definitely avoid anything made with eggs as a main ingredient, but unless your child is highly allergic, things such as bread that are made with just an egg or two should be fine for you to eat. My sister is allergic to eggs, but she can eat things like bread and cookies because the egg isn't very prominent. By the time the little bit of egg hits you and then your milk, it shouldn't be an issue. However, if he is really allergic, then you will have to cut those from your diet to. Good luck and congrats on bfing for so long!!

It really depends. My daughter has a super severe peanut allergy, a severe egg allergy and a mild dairy allergy. Believe it or not, my eating peanut and dairy bothered her but not egg when nursing. Despite she is much more allergic to egg. I had to avoid all peanut and dairy and I did stop eating straight cooked eggs but ate them in things. Now at age 5 she can tolerate egg cooked in things like bread or cookies(what they call heat treated egg). She still has difficulty with dairy and needs to avoid all contact with anything that has peanut or been near peanut. But now they actually want her to eat things with egg in it, even if it makes her feel yucky since it will desensitize her. so I would say if it really bothers her when you eat it stop for now, but if it doesn't then go ahead and eat it, as it may help to desensitize her. I wonder now if my daughters egg allergy is improving the most since that is what I did not eliminate from my diet completely.

I'd say yes. He gets whatever you're eating.

My son was diary allergic, and I had to stop eating any dairy when I nursed him. Not sure why eggs would be any different.

I think it depends on how allergic he is. My daughter had a mild egg allergy the we only found after she started eating eggs by themselves. She would break out in hives only if she ate straight eggs, but if they were cooked into something nothing happened. She never had any symptoms when I was breastfeeding.

Hello M. ~ Yes; you should eliminate eggs from your diet I also had to w/my daughter she is now 5 1/2 years old. Here is a list to go by everything is not always clearly labeled "egg" ....

If you see any of the following items listed as an ingredient in a food label indicate the presence of egg protein, it will not be egg-free:

Albumin
Apovitellin
Cholesterol free egg substitute (e.g. Eggbeaters)
Dried egg solids, dried egg
Egg, egg white, egg yolk
Egg wash
Eggnog
Fat substitutes
Globulin
Livetin
Lysozyme
Mayonnaise
Meringue, meringue powder
Ovalbumin
Ovoglobulin
Ovomucin
Ovomucoid
Ovotransferrin
Ovovitelia
Ovovitellin
Powdered eggs
Silici albuminate
Simplesse
Trailblazer
Vitellin
Whole egg

May contain egg:

Artificial flavoring
Lecithin
Natural flavoring
Nougat

Also avoid products that have an advisory label that indicates that the product MAY contain egg or that is processed on shared equipment.

Yes, you should eliminate eggs and any egg containing products from your diet.

yes you should also avoid eggs. Anything that you eat will be in your breastmilk.

It's been a long time, so I may not be the best source, but I remember my son having diarrhea because I was eating graham crackers and nursing. Most things cross that barrier into milk--onions, garlic,etc. Maybe someone else can answer about eggs.