Personal experience to report only.  I've had great success treating
these sort of heavy painful cycles with an herb reputed to restore
balance to a woman's hormones, and particularly to increase the
amount of progesterone relative to estrogen in the second half of
the cycle.  The herb is know as "Vitex" or "Chasteberry".  I take a
capsule of the herb every day starting 14 days from the beginning
of my cycle until my period.  I did that for a few months and had
wonderful results, which lasted for six months or so.

Rachael Hamlet


On 16 Sep 99, at 17:30, Steve Cannello wrote:

> Dear Lacnet:
>
> I have been working with a mother who exclusively breast fed her 13
> month old son until he started solids at 11 months of age (He never
> showed an interest in solids until then).  Mom's cycle returned at 6
> months postpartum and remained "normal for her" until her son was 9
> months old. Since 9 months her  bleeding is very heavy with cramping
> and clots; experiences nausea and vomiting 4 days before cycle begins
> with episodes of increased hunger and thirst.  She is not pregnant but
> would like to be.
>
> Any thoughts on the sudden changes in her monthly cycles?  Any
> thoughts/ideas on how to treat this mom with herbals etc.?
>
> Debbie Colbert, RNC, CLE, IBCLC Candidate
>
>
> PS: Any ideas on when the July 1999 IBCLC results will be posted?
>

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