I observed this in the co-Leader of the LLL Group I lead with her.
Interestingly enough, the shivers stopped as soon as the baby went back
to breast.

Cindy Garrison BS, IBCLC, LLL Leader

> Reminds me of the kind of violent shivering I used to see on the delivery
> table or in recovery, of women who had certain meds for spinal
> anesthetics. We kept blankets warming at all times, and for these moms,
> they came in especially handy. The OB's usually tried to pass it off as
> 'the body's reaction to the sudden change of pressures inside the abdomen
> now that the fetus had been expelled.' But I never saw it in those moms
> who had general anesthetics, novocaine for stitches, or no anesthetics.
>
> Jean

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