Can you develop lactose intolerance while pregnant?

Question

I used to be able to drink milk just fine, but now I’m 21 weeks pregnant and crave strawberry milk but whenever I drink it I get bad tummy cramps, I get nauseous and sometimes have to make a trip to the bathroom if you now what I mean.
If you CAN develop it while pregnant, will it go away afterwards?
I know we aren’t doctors, I guess I’m just looking for someone who has some experience in this, maybe ?

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Anything is possible. I cant speak from.direct experience,  but I have friends who have all reported strange things like this! I have a best friend who was  SEVERLY allergic to dairy before pregnancy (even 1 tiny choc chip would keep her on the toilet for hours) and during pregnancy,  she was able to have choc and some dairy without issues! I've also heard of many cases of allergies or ailments going away, or coming on when they never existed before. So yes, I think for sure that this can be a real thing. But also, maybe your body just doesnt like the higher sugar content in the strawberry milk. Can you drink regular milk still? I know my body gets upset when I have a more sugar, when before it never bothered me! Do maybe it's not the dairy, but rather the preservatives or sugar in the flavored milk?

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Yes, I’ve developed it this pregnancy. The minute I have anything with dairy 10 min later it comes up. Anything else is fine.

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Yes you can I'm horribly lactose intolerant each pregnancy. I also became allergic to eggs my second pregnancy and that's never gone away.

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I definitely have more food sensitivities now! And friends of mine developed temporary allergies while pregnant that left afterwards. Totally normal

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I think it's possible. Pregnancy does weird things to bodies. Never in my life did I have seasonal allergies until I had my daughter. This year, I fully expected my now usual eye irritation that I get every May, but instead I got pregnant and my eyes never bothered me. I also developed a nickel allergy and can no longer wear my cheap earrings 🤷‍♀️

Can you develop lactose intolerance while pregnant?

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