Post by malagata on May 14, 2011 4:04:35 GMT -5
So...a funny thing happened to me after going gluten free, in addition to all the ailments that got better I began, three months back, having mother type urges. At about my 7 month GF mark.
I know!
I've NEVER had those feelings. It is kind of strange really to be 30 and exploring feelings you should have had when you were 12. Babies no longer make me balk and the sound of them crying isn't nails on a chalk board because my nerves have calmed down off the gluten. I can actually envision having one! >_<
Didn't see this coming.
Now I'm still not so sure I want children, there are a ton of good reasons not to have them, but 2/3 of those reasons have been gutted off gluten.
1/3 of those reasons had to do with my health problems and my husbands health problems. Things I wouldn't want to pass on to my kids.
Depression, mood swings, bad teeth enamel, hypothyroid, asthma, skin rashes, heartburn, horrible cramping/PMS and years of intestinal distress as a child. All of these things cleared up off of gluten and now that I understand that it was my body reacting to a poison and not defective genes it changes the equation a bit doesn't it?
Anyway, thought I'd throw it past you ladies. No one is more shocked then I. Husband was all set to have a vasectomy and I ended up getting an IUD put in instead. So bizarre to go from 100% sure to...not.
I know!
I've NEVER had those feelings. It is kind of strange really to be 30 and exploring feelings you should have had when you were 12. Babies no longer make me balk and the sound of them crying isn't nails on a chalk board because my nerves have calmed down off the gluten. I can actually envision having one! >_<
Didn't see this coming.
Now I'm still not so sure I want children, there are a ton of good reasons not to have them, but 2/3 of those reasons have been gutted off gluten.
1/3 of those reasons had to do with my health problems and my husbands health problems. Things I wouldn't want to pass on to my kids.
Depression, mood swings, bad teeth enamel, hypothyroid, asthma, skin rashes, heartburn, horrible cramping/PMS and years of intestinal distress as a child. All of these things cleared up off of gluten and now that I understand that it was my body reacting to a poison and not defective genes it changes the equation a bit doesn't it?
Anyway, thought I'd throw it past you ladies. No one is more shocked then I. Husband was all set to have a vasectomy and I ended up getting an IUD put in instead. So bizarre to go from 100% sure to...not.
I'm positive it is going off of gluten and getting truly healthy (And I ate "healthy" before) that was the difference. Makes sense though doesn't it? If you are sick all the time it would be a bad thing to pass on your genes or to try to take care of a child. It then stands to reason that one might never have those biological urges. When I say that it has been miraculous I mean it. Blows my mind how wonderful life is now! 
