mommy side effects from weaning?

amyinaustin · April 2010

By the middle of next week, we'll be officially weaned !! Yay!

But I'm wondering if anyone else had funky problems during/right after weaning their DCs. I'm having my previously diagnosed "air hunger" problems again (it's like a mild panic attack -can't catch my breath which makes me try harder which makes me panic...).

of course my cycle is MAJORLY jacked up too lately.

I seemed to get all kinds of funky pregnancy issues and PP issues so I'm wondering if anyone else had anything strange happen to them....

Taytee · April 2010

Who's to say you're not just having a minor manic attack? What makes them say it's "like" one but not one =P ? It would make sense, this being an emotional time and all.

libbyann · April 2010

Weird - I'm in the process of weaning too and I'm having the same thing happening. It's never happened before, but it's like I can't get a deep breath in. I was just getting ready to call my doctor about it, actually! I wonder if it's related to weaning at all...

amyinaustin · April 2010

taytee- to be fair, I'm the one saying it's like a panic attack. My Dr never said that. My ob/gyn is the one that diagnosed it while I was pg and he has been really understanding and sympathetic about it the whole time.

It has happened when I'm stressed, but also other times when I'm just watching Modern Family alone at night...

My GP on the other hand, said it was probably just something I would have to learn to live w/ and "do you want an inhaler prescription to make yourself feel better?" Jerk.

ob/gyn said that "air hunger" can be brought on by higher levels of progesterone and he explained how that would make sense since that level is super high during pregnancy. Now I'm on the mini pill (progesterone only) and have been since DD was born - and he said that it's possible the progesterone in the pill is causing it now again - since weaning is possibly jacking w/ my hormones as well (that combined w/ the progesterone = more issues). Libby - I'm not sure what you're on as far as BC or if you ever had the issue before - but I've found that it helps to make myself yawn to get a little relief.

I'm stopping the pill tonight though, on Dr's orders and since I'm practically done weaning and I'm hoping that will help a lot.