i'm wondering if anyone has noticed what they feel to be hormonal reactions in their LO when nursing during a pregnancy.
dd is 28 months and i'm 12 weeks pregnant. she still nurses constantly during the day and night and my milk shows no signs of slowing down. it is SUPER painful and i just keep doing it because i want her to get what she needs. she is also an allergic babe and i feel like she needs the breast milk while we figure out her allergies and get her gut health restored.
so, the last week or so i've really felt weepy. especially when i'm tired (all the time) i just cry and cry. i know this is hormones and it doesn't really bother me. the thing is, yesterday and today, dd has just been melting. down. she is like a pile of goo on the floor every hour it seems. and it's over NOTHING. we'll read and nurse and play for 1.5 hours and then i'll say, i have to pee, be right back. and she starts screaming and crying, no! don't pee! she has the same reaction when i go to the kitchen to make a snack. so it's not like i'm ignoring her and sitting on facebook, i need to pee and eat!! i'm pregnant and bf'ing!!
it struck me today that if i'm feeling overwhelmed with hormones that she could also be overwhelmed with my hormones. if that is the case, i'm not sure how i feel about that. it seems really unnatural and potentially unsafe to flood a 2 year old body with estrogen (her maternal grandmother is battling breast cancer right now).
anyone know anything about this? anyone have similar situations?
tia
dd is 28 months and i'm 12 weeks pregnant. she still nurses constantly during the day and night and my milk shows no signs of slowing down. it is SUPER painful and i just keep doing it because i want her to get what she needs. she is also an allergic babe and i feel like she needs the breast milk while we figure out her allergies and get her gut health restored.
so, the last week or so i've really felt weepy. especially when i'm tired (all the time) i just cry and cry. i know this is hormones and it doesn't really bother me. the thing is, yesterday and today, dd has just been melting. down. she is like a pile of goo on the floor every hour it seems. and it's over NOTHING. we'll read and nurse and play for 1.5 hours and then i'll say, i have to pee, be right back. and she starts screaming and crying, no! don't pee! she has the same reaction when i go to the kitchen to make a snack. so it's not like i'm ignoring her and sitting on facebook, i need to pee and eat!! i'm pregnant and bf'ing!!
it struck me today that if i'm feeling overwhelmed with hormones that she could also be overwhelmed with my hormones. if that is the case, i'm not sure how i feel about that. it seems really unnatural and potentially unsafe to flood a 2 year old body with estrogen (her maternal grandmother is battling breast cancer right now).
anyone know anything about this? anyone have similar situations?
tia
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