Several years I worked with a mother (who happened to be a clinical
psychologist)who reported to me that she felt depressed each time she sat
down to nurse and then the feeling would pass after a couple of minutes into
the nursing.   She would be fine until the next nursing.  She was an avid
nurser and the infant was nursing well. She had had no problems with
depression before.  She went on an extended out of town trip for a couple of
months (!) and when she returned she reported that she no longer had those
depressed feelings - as I recall it seemed to go away at around the third
month or so.  I also had a mom who felt nausea with let-down and several who
had headaches with let-down - all of this passed within a few months...These
moms were presistent and they went on to enjoy symptom free nursings.  The
power of oxytocin...
Judy Eastburn, BS, IBCLC   private practice    Dallas, Texas

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