I have not read about this happening to others, but
I had this experience recently, 2 mos. ago I weaned my son, (he will be 3 in
March).
On a personal note: I weaned because I was ready,
he would have nursed until he was 20! ( I am sure that would make the
news!)
now the point. ..
I had nausea and dizziness and sometimes feeling
sweaty and flush, then cold /clammy even after the slight engorgement went
away. This went away , gradually after about 4 weeks. I thought it was due
to the guilt I felt ( because I wanted this but he sure didn't) and then
thought, more realistically I hope, that it might have something to do with
the milk still being there but reabsorbing into my system. Is that what it
is? Does it happen slower because of the length of nursing? This did not
happen with my previous slow weaning.
And now for more than you want to know about me....(
put this last for those who wanted the short and skinny!) It was getting to
the point that he was nursing all night, and I would wake up in the morning
sore and not very rested. I guess I was starting to resent the fact that he
would jump in my arms when I picked him up from Daycare and put his hand
down my shirt, and then ask for it. I also wanted to start on a medication
for ADD that I had been putting off for many years so that I could safely
have a baby and nurse. Each day he would nurse off and on all evening and
any time that I held him he would want to nurse or scream if I held off. I
realized this was a habit that I let him fall into, but just the same after
a time it got old and I wanted to do other things with him in my arms and
not just, "want booby mommy" . It was a difficult decision for me since I
nursed my daughter until she was 3 and she just one day did not want it,
there was no trauma involved as far as me not letting her. I had no
problems when she quit she just slowly weaned herself and then one day I
realized that she had not nursed and that was that. For my son, I tried to
wean him slowly but he just loved it so much and he would not really stand
for being put off. So finally I went away for a week ( in November) I went
to a conference and just knew that he would never want to nurse again but
there he was when I got off the plane, his hand down my shirt as soon as he
got in my arms. Finally...2 months ago...I just went cold turkey. I had
tried to wean him, but even when I cut out the evening and then bedtime
feeding, since he sleeps in our bed (ut oh!, another issue!) he would just
make up for the missed feeding when I went to sleep.
I slept in another room and I was the mean "No
booby" mommy, I offered lots of cups of milk and juice and lots of treats
and I let him touch them to help him fall asleep while he held a cup in his
other hand. It took about 2 weeks and it really helped that I put cabbage
leaves on. Then he thought they were sick. Sorry for the long story...
(Now if I could just get him to sleep with out him
needing to touch them... I can't cut this "security blanket" up slowly until
it is gone!)
Pam Price
Charleston, South Carolina
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elise M. Chapin, IBCLC
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Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:28 AM
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Subject: weaning and nausea
Hello all,
I have been in contact with a mother who has
gone through a gradual weaning
process: child is 3 yrs old and was nursing
once a day. Now that she has
stopped, she is experiencing bouts of nausea
and dizziness. She says that
she is not pregnant and that her
gynecologist says it is a side effect of
having nursed so long: her hormones are
"having a hard time
readjusting". She is not experiencing
engorgement. I can find no mention
of it in Lawrence or Riordan and Auerbach,
neither was I unable to turn up
anything through PubMed.
Does anyone have any experience with this
phenomenon?
Thanks,
Elise Chapin
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Elise M. Chapin
Firenze, Italy
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