permission to post from mom...

> Here is our history:
>
> Andrew was a full term baby.  He struggled with nursing at first, even
with
> the persistence of some great LC's.  We were not successful until we
started
> using a nipple shield.  He was weaned off the nipple shields at nine weeks
> old.
>
> He is currently six months old (as of tomorrow).  We have had four months
of
> pain-free nursing.  He has a verfied fabulous latch.
>
> Last week, he had a 3 day nursing strike where he just plain refused to
eat
> for a period of 6 -8 hours.
>
> He had his first DTaP shot last Monday.  No fever or otherwise obvious
side
> effects.
>
> Nursing strike started Wednesday - Friday.
>
> Has been showing teething symptoms:  rubbing fist on gums, drooling,
> irritability
>
> Babe is currently sleeping two hour stretches at night.  Thursday night
was
> up every 30 - 45 minutes crying.  Finally slept two hours after Tylenol
dose
> at 6am.
>
> Current baby symptoms:  Cranky baby.  Sucks at the breast, cries, asks for
> the other side, sucks at that breast, cries and then refuses to nurse
until
> he is really tired and has to go to sleep.  He will nurse in his sleep.
>
> Current mommy symptoms:  Cranky, sleepy mommy with sore, burning nipples.
> No history of yeast (ever!) or recent antibiotics.  Has been sick all the
> time recently though...  new virus of some sort every ten days for the
last
> eight weeks (six so far).
>
> So... is this related to possible ovulation, first post-pregnancy luteal
> phase and a reduced force in my let down?  Thrush?



Mom described her problem well, so I really cannot add much.  She would like
to know if diminished let-down occurs in the lutueal phase, so if anyone
here is more familiar than I with FAM, please chime in.
Thanks,

Ann Marie Henninger RN BSN IBCLC
Washington state

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