Dear wise ones,

I am working with a mother of a three month old.  This is her third child.
She complains of extreme nausea when her milk lets down.  But also "having
all kinds of bad feeling churned up from her insides," feelings of
destructiveness ("like I want to take this glass and smash it against the
wall") and a general feeling of being dangerously out of control for those
few moments at the start of a feeding.  Then she realizes what it is, again,
and gets a hold of herself.  She assures me she would never act on these
feelings.

She had the same feelings with her first, now 3 years of age, but much
milder.  And with her second, now 18 months, but a bit stronger, so she was
greatly relieved to quit breastfeeding that child when she became pregnant
with this third one.

I discussed with her oxytocin release, drinking more water each day, eating
prior to breastfeeding to control the nausea.  Also ambivalence about
breastfeeding (she does feel ambivalent, but because of the nausea and
emotions, she says) and the possibility of abuse in her history (she feels
that is not a factor for her).

Two other things-mother and baby are dealing with yeast and mother reports
very strong letdowns and her milk coming in even when she's not feeding the
baby, but if it is around feeding times, even at this late date of three
months postpartum.

Any ideas??  And if it is excessive levels of oxytocin, is there any
treatment you know of?

Many thanks.

Chonyi Glassman, IBCLC              16 Raymond Avenue
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845-426-6746

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