This is what I think off the top of my head:
Just like babies who "arch" at the breast in an attempt to self-adjust the cranial-sacral pathway, so will the adult body make an effort to adjust any system that is malfunctioning. When a CST does an adjustment inside the mouth on the palate, the hypothalamus is being "adjusted" or normalized. (Actually breastfeeding adjusts the hypothalamus of the baby as the breast pushes gently against the palate). This is one way that the practitioner can normalize hormone production. Why wouldn't the body make the same attempt on its own? So, when the mother yawns or sighs, in this case, I would suspect that she might be attempting to self-adjust her own structure with the result of adjusting (normalizing) her hormone function.
But, just as with babies who cannot manage to self-adjust, especially if they are not feeding properly, I doubt most moms are managing it either. Since dopamine is released by the hypothalamus, wouldn’t treating the mother structurally support normal dopamine production?
I have a client who was having symptoms like "her entire mid-line was raw". The chiropractor adjusted her palate and the symptoms completely resolved for several days. This mom has a low supply. I have another former client who had exactly the symptoms described with O-MER, but she had to be prescribed oxytocin (syntocinon) and stuggled to manage a full supply.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network LLC
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 200
8 15:41:41 -0400
From: Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: sighing before breastfeeding
I asked a while back if any of you sighed when you sat down to nurse, =
but didn't explain why I wanted to know. Here it is:
The "D-MER mom" resolved her symptoms almost totally with a dopamine =
reuptake inhibitor (Wellbutrin), which allows better utilization of =
dopamine. (The higher our dopamine, the lower our prolactin, and vice =
versa. Reglan increases prolactin by decreasing dopamine, but it seems =
at this point that the D-MER moms have too little dopamine to start with =
and do better with more dopamine even if it means less prolactin - her =
supply wasn't damaged, for instance, by pseudoephedrine.)
Anyway, the last bit of her D-MER to go was an urge to sigh. On the =
other hand, it could be that it wasn't the last of the D-MER symptoms =
but was instead the first of the too-much-drug symptoms; she now has an =
urge to sigh deeply many times a day, so she's trying to get a lower =
dose of Wellbutrin. Who knows, at this point?
But it's made me think about sighing in general. It turns out that =
*quite a few* of you remember sighing as you sat down to breastfeed... =
but your *justifications* for it were all over the map. Often, when we =
have an automatic response of some kind we rationalize it - without =
realizing we're doing so - to fit our circumstances. Some of you sighed =
"because" you weren't looking forward
to using sore nipples, some =
"because" you were content, some "because" it was your only chance to =
sit down. The only consistent part was that many of you sighed.
Which got me to thinking about the "love-sick sigh", including the loud =
fake sigh we give when we see our latest "heart throb". It's how we =
signal love, especially unrequited love. Does it connect with sighing =
when we sit down to nurse? Is it truly a sign of love? Is there =
something about high oxytocin or high prolactin that makes us sigh? Do =
we unconsciously help *raise* our prolactin (through lowering our =
dopamine) or help *trigger* oxytocin release by sighing? How does it =
relate to yawning? No one seems to know exactly why we do either one. =
But I'd love to know if "the love-sick sigh" is a universal thing, =
across cultures. My guess is that it is. Does it connect to =
breastfeeding? Dunno...
If anyone has ever found anything that accounts for the oh-so-common =
mammalian phenomena called yawning and sighing, I'd love to hear! =
Sigh...
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY USA
www.normalfed.com
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