It is the prolactin release that causes the drowsiness.
Lu Bush
RNC,IBCLC
Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lara Hopkins" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: dizziness and double pumping


Has anyone else heard of this before?  Is it a
> > result of
> > oxytocin release?
>
> I'm not sure of the cause, but I certainly experienced this phenomenon
> for the first three or four weeks of exclusive double pumping - a giddy
> feeling followed by overwhelming sleepiness at first let down.
>
> I can't find drowsiness listed in Pitocin's side effects list.
>
> Lara

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