Pregnancy Hormones Passed to Nursing Toddler???

[susannahva]

I've just found out I'm pregnant & am wondering if my toddler's crabby & restless behavior for the last week could be due to my crazy hormones being passed through breastmilk?  She has had a really short fuse & difficulty getting to sleep & staying asleep; when asleep, she tosses & turns & talks.  She wants to nurse more at night all of a sudden. Or is it just the adjustment to daylight savings time?  Or just being almost-3?  I have an extra runny nose that I am attributing to pregnancy & have noticed her nose is runny, too...

[PatioGardener]

nak

maybe your supply has dipped?

[Llyra]

I too would maybe be suspecting a drop in supply-- it doesn't always happen during pregnancy, but it does often enough that it would be my first thought. A runny nose sounds like a cold, or an allergy, which might make her cranky, too. But wanting to nurse very frequently, combined with general irritability-- that's how DS always acted when I got AF, and my supply dipped.

[susannahva]

Thanks for your help!