My hormones are screwed up. I feel like I need to wean.

[WindyCityMom]

I feel like weaning is my strongest option, but DD is not ready to be weaned.

Basically (don't feel like going through every detail right now) my body needs progesterone.  I am not a nice person to be around without it, and I get horrible headaches every day.  My libido is at zero (in the negatives if you could put a number on it!) and coupled with my horrible mood my DH feels really hurt about this all.  I am not myself, I feel tired and run-down.  But too much progesterone and my body goes funky.

I've tried wild yam cream in various dosages, POP birth control isn't an option because of a blood-clotting history in my family.  

I feel like I need to wean DD.  Or partially wean.  She's just not really ready for it yet (almost 13mos).  I tried nightweaning and that didn't work out.

I don't know what else to do, really.  I've read up on vitex and maca root and I know that those are both adaptogens and might help, but I'm really afraid they'll hurt my milk supply.

If you were me, WWYD?  Weaning can't be my only option, can it?

[deditus]

No, weaning is certainly not your only option, but I do understand. And I think I may have replied to one of your thread, so sorry if this is a repeat.

What is the blood clotting issue in your family? Have you been tested for MTHFR?

Did you try some folate? I would get on a supp with 5-MTHF form folate like Thorne Research's prenatal and their B-Complex.

[WindyCityMom]

That is SO weird.  I was just getting into reading about MTHFR because I was looking around in the midline defects thread (the one with "butt dimples" in the title, if you want to search it).  I think someone was making a connection with mamas with MTHFR and kids with midline defects but I'm not sure.  I didn't finish reading.  My DD2 has several midline defects (lower back stork bite, sacral pit, gap in teeth and weird v-shape in bottom teeth, 2 more midline stork bites) and possible food allergies (broke out in hives the other day after eating, we think it was cinnamon).  All of these could acutally point to ME being nutritionally deficient now and during pregnancy with her.  DH and his mother both have keratosis pilaris (sp?) and I suddenly developed it near the end of my pregnancy with DD2 and had it for awhile postpartum.

Perhaps my nutritional stores are completely wiped out?  I ended up ordering some FCLO, Floravital (gluten free floradix.. we may go GF in the near future), and the rainbow light prenatal system since the Floravital doesn't have folate in it.  I've been taking the regular GNC prenatal and I don't think my body has been absorbing it well.  I think I might have a bunch of issues. 

Maybe if I figure out all of the deficiency issues the hormonal issues won't be as big of an issue.

I did however take a vitex this morning around 6am with a small snack, the vitamin, and some water (well duh!).  I do feel a bit better today, but since I've read that vitex takes awhile to level out your hormones I think it's a fluke.