I have checked archives, and though I am sure I  have seen this 
discussed, I can't find anything quite right.

This mother has a baby aged 3.5 months. She began a period 4 days 
ago. Since that time, she has experienced intense headaches followed 
by vomiting *on let down* at every feed.

She has a long history of menstruation-linked migraines, to the 
extent that she took the contraceptive pill as a treatment, before 
she became pregnant (it was partially effective).

When she was pregnant she no longer had migraines, except *during 
labour* when again she suffered vomiting. She has had no migraines 
since the baby's birth, until, as I say, the start of her period 4 
days ago.  She also suffers pain in the opposite breast from the one 
she is feeding from (but not the one she is feeding from - I can't 
explain that).

Now,  we do not need Sherlock Holmes to think 'hormones' (I didn't 
ask about whether she had migraines as a result of sexual activity). 
But  I can't find out what role oxytocin has in menstruation.

We can be surer of this if her headaches and vomiting go in a couple 
of days when  her period finishes.

Where can I find more information about this, and is the next thing 
simply to ask the doc to represcribe the pill?

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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