Freezing?

[wife&mommy]

Why am I always feeling cold? Is this a post partum thing? I am covered up with a sheet and big blanket and still feel chilly and its 76 in here. Everyone else in the house is hot. I don't have a temperature but have felt like this for days now.

[MCKH]

Yes, it's very normal. I am ALWAYS freezing now. Always. The first few days postpartum I got chills too if I even got out of bed to pee. I think it's from fluid/blood volume reduction.

[AGlimmeringHope]

I was incredibly hot the entire pregnancy and now I'm always freezing, too! I hate it. I went from wearing tank tops to wearing a hoodie with a t-shirt underneath. Hopefully it regulates itself soon!

[LaLibertad]

This has been a problem for me as well. I just can't seem to regulate my body temperature as of late. That and being mostly topless a lot of the time doesn't help much .

[wholewheatmama]

Yep, I had it too, at around 10 days PP. I got chills mostly in the evenings for a few days, even to the point of my teeth chattering! Things got back to normal pretty quickly though.

[lisarussell]

yeah i was one endless hot & cold flash for like 2+ weeks. I'm 4w pp now and STILL get flashes a few times a day. it's like being in shock or something. It's normal I guess but it doesn't make sense. How are we supposed to keep baby's temp regulated if we're responding to imaginary temp changes?

[bumblebeej]

I'm freezing! :

It always happens in the middle of the night. I wake up shaking and cold. Ugh.

[cravenab00]

this happens to me too PP. even last time in late august when it was still 90+ degrees, i would just shake! I think our bodies get so used to having that little internal heater (baby) and all that extra fluid and then boom its gone!

[KLK7]

i just came on here to ask the same question! I didn't have the same problem with DD#1 born in August. Interesting difference this time.