What happens if a pregnant woman eats a food that her fetus is deathly allergic to?

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What happens if a pregnant woman eats a food that her fetus is deathly allergic to?

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This is a great question! The answer is… nothing, because fetuses aren’t allergic to anything. Babies aren’t born allergic to things. They develop allergies over time due to environmental factors that we mostly don’t understand, because immune systems are very complicated. A pregnant person shouldn’t eat anything that they’re allergic to themselves, because anaphylaxis can trigger miscarriage, but it seems that eating a diverse diet in pregnancy protects the baby from developing allergies! Thanks for asking this, I learned some new stuff to answer it 🙂