I don't have any documentation but I experienced this same thing after my
twins were born  I don't remember after my first son. It did go away after
the first year.  I remember the discomfort moving from joint to joint.  I
now have fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis. I don't know if it is related but
that is my experience.

Peggy Toman RN BSN IBCLC

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Subject: Aching joints


I had a mom who recently gave birth to her second child.  When her first was
6 months old, she began to experience painful joints, mostly hands but in
other parts of her body as well.  Because of the pain which got worse, she
saw a rhuematologist and all tests were negative although by the time she
got in to see him, her symptoms were not at their peak..  After she weaned
her daughter at 9 months, the pain went away.  Pregnancy occurred a month
after that. Any guess of what they are asking?  The pain in her hands has
come back now that her second child is here and breastfeeding.  I told her I
wasn't aware of any correlation of a relationship between the joint swelling
and pain with breastfeeding but that I'd throw out the question to all of
you.  The fact that the pain stopped after weaning is a powerful convincer
for them that there is a relationship somehow here.  My feeling is that it
is coincidental.  This mom is in her early forties which is a prime time for
autoimmune processes to crop up.  Anyone have any comment/ information?

Laura Walker RNC, IBCLC

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