I experienced a "weird" feeling while feeding my first baby.  I remember
feeling fine during the first few weeks, and somewhere around the 2
month mark, I would be siting in a soft chair, pillows propped and I
could not get comfortable.  I can only describe it as on overwhelming
sense of cabin fever.  I felt like I had to jump up, and run out the
door.  It was an incredible feeling of urgency to get up and I could not
shake the feeling!  It was frightening,  The feeling sometimes occured
during the middle of a feeding, but mostly toward the beginning, after
latch-on.

I would try deep, cleansing breaths, listening to music, lying down to
nurse, and any I could think of to relax.  It seems like I read about
this one time and the person described a similar account as a sort of
"pins and needles feeling in their legs."

After a few weeks, this feeling went away.  At the time (I was barley
20) I just thought all breastfeeding moms experienced it.  Now, I am
wondering if this reaction may be tied to exhaustion and
sleep-deprivation. I have felt the same feeling when I was over-tired
and I couldn't get to sleep.

Hope this makes sense. Let us know what happens.

Heidi S. Roibal
Albuquerque, NM,

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