Still getting night sweats 8 mo post-partum

[lkmiscnet]

I am still having night sweats even though I keep the heat turned down to 61 at night, don't wear pjs now, and use an all season down comforter. I start off cold, so need the comforter, but then end up having to kick it off just to cool and dry off.

I still wake up with a drenched pillow and all sweaty.

Anyone else experience this post partum so many months later? Is the common?

Couldn't find an appropriate forum for this post, so thought I would start with this one.

[lifeguard]

Could you be pregnant again?

[kgreenemama]

Are you still nursing your LO?

[lkmiscnet]

Definitely NOT pregnant. That would require having sex, and I still haven't felt in the mood. Poor DH... I was parenting alone for the first 6 months with a preemie baby while my husband worked out of state. He finally moved back home 3 weeks ago. I'm still exhausted!

I am still breastfeeding exclusively, though we did just introduce solids 3 weeks ago as well.

I did notice that in the early months of breastfeeding, I would just be dripping sweat during the night whenever I BF. Do higher levels of prolactin cause sweating? If so, I breast feed every 2-2.5 hours round the clock, so why don't I sweat during the day, when the thermostat is 7 degrees warmer?

[annekh23]

only night sweats? I'm also 8mths pp and the sweating is excessive. You can take zinc for it and I checked it was ok for nursing and it does work, just the bottle I have at the moment the pills are difficult to take, I keep gagging on them, so I haven't been doing it for a few weeks and it's back with a vengeance.

[mizlizzy]

8 mo is a long time. When I still had these a couple of weeks postpartum my midwife who is also trained in Chinese Medicine gave me acupuncture treatments that helped alot. So that's what I would reccomend, hope it is of use to you.