Hi!!

I´d like to comment a case with you all to see if you can shed some light...

This is an experienced breastfeeding mother of 3 children. Her
breastfeeding experiences with her first two are absolutely normal. Her
third is a 5 mo baby who is breastfeeding well; the birth experience was
excellent and breastfeeding has been the same (no pain, good weight gain,
nothing remarkable).

The only thing is: since baby´s birth, mom is experiencing a strange
feeling during let down - but not every time. And it is not an emotional
feeling (I don´t think it´s DMER). During the first days after birth, each
time she breastfed the baby she would have AT THE SAME TIME AS THE
AFTERBIRTH CRAMPS a feeling of dizzyness and swooning, almost to the point
of fainting. Sounds like something vagal, maybe because of the pain from
the cramps. But after some days passed and there were no more cramps, she
got this feeling only in the nighttime feeedings. And this is still
happening to her, five months later. Dizzyness/swooning/fainting feeling
during let-down at some (not all) nighttime feeds. No emotional feelings
attached, and the baby does not hurt her. She is always laying in bed when
it happens. Daytime feeds are normal, even if she´s laying down.

Any thoughts on this mystery?
:-)
Kika
-- 
Dra. Carmela Baeza, MD, IBCLC
Médico de Familia
Author of *"Amar con los Brazos Abiertos*"
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