A question, based purely on my personal experience: What is this mother
eating?  If she is eating sugars and starches that quickly break down into sugars
(e.g., rice cakes, pasta, bread) and little protein or fat, she may be going through
a cycle like this: sugar consumption leading to over-release of insulin leading to
quick hunger rebound.  She may simply have to adjust her diet to include
adequate protein and cut down the simpler carbohydrates and find that she's
satisfied for a longer time between meals.

In any event, such an adjustment carries little risk and will show itself to be
effective or not in a matter of a few hours.

Rachael Hamlet

On 18 Jan 99, at 15:14, Anne Robb wrote:

> Hello again,
>         When it rains it pours! Another mom with a question I have little
> resources for --Thank You Lactnet!!
>         Mom of 2.5 month old experiencing SEVERE hunger overnight and in
>         the
> morning. She reports that if she doesn't eat 3 large meals during the
> night she is too weak/faint/dizzy and nauseous to get out of bed in the
> am. Baby sleeps a 6 hour stretch overnight.
>         She went to MD for  other symptoms and MD told her she has
> pancreatitis and put her on medication and a restricted fats diet. All
> parties, however, feel the hunger is NOT related to the pancreatitis since
> it appeared after other symptoms that developed during pregnancy. Hunger
> appeared post partum and is getting progressively worse.
>         So you guessed it, the hunger is a result of breastfeeding and the
> answer is quit breastfeeding...
>         Mom does not want to quit, but cannot continue with the morning
> weakness... and thinks that it will get worse and worse as baby eats more
> and more...
>
>         HELP! I'll be seeing her on Thursday the 21st. What can you point
>         me
> toward about pancreatitis and breastfeeding/ severe hunger and
> breastfeeding...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> anne
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> PS At this rate I'll have to go mail again, though keeping up via the
> archives is my current method...
>