Lactose intolerance during pregnancy?

[angelaartsstudent]

I have been lactose intolerant all my life but have found it to be WAY worse during pregnancy. Even a little square of chocolate breaks me out into a rash almost immediately, which never used to happen.

OMG Mega Choc Shakes...you have no idea how much i miss them :-P

I have found myself so much more sensitive during pregnancy. I used to be able to eat a bit of hard cheese, or a small serve of pot set greek yohgurt...but get SO sick now it's worth cutting them out of my diet completely.

I don't miss them much anyway becuase my dairy comsumption was almost zero anyway. Be careful with your calcium levels though becuase mine have been shockingly low right through becuase I have no dairy...I'm on 6 caltrate a day and 4 magnesium (to help absorbsion) as suggested by the hospital but still have very low levels.

Low to the point that I can feel that my teeth are soft - there's no calcium in me to keep them hard and healthy.

So maybe get on some supplements while you still can. I've been told "it's never too late" to start taking extra calcium. Would probably help bub too if you choose to bf.

[blondedoctor]

I've had the opposite happen to me! I am normally a soy girl, very very lactose intolerant. But with this pregnancy, wow, I can eat anything!! I have eaten ice-cream for the first time on 15 years!! Cheese on a pizza! And sour cream! Wow - I am just really hoping that maybe I can continue eating dairy once bubs pops out............ fingers crossed