I am looking for the name of the harmone that is released during childbirth and BF that causes your ligaments and/or tendons to relax. I am meeting with a spinal surgeon tomorrow and want to be able to tell him that I think this may be part of the reason why my herniated disc gets so bad after childbirth and don't want him to think I am an idiot. I know that there has to be a correlation (had the same thing after DD was born until I quit BF her), but I need some evidence and scientific words.
Re: Google me this...
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That sounds more like it! Thanks. I wish I could find some studies on its effect on spinal cord injury. I know there has to be some sort of correlation. I quit BF 2 weeks ago and already feel tons better, but when I made this appointment I was still in severe pain and had been for a year, despite 3 spinal injections. Now, I feel stupid even going, but if it is just the last spinal injection working and it wears off I am back to being stuck at home with two kids and arms that don't work.
THANK YOU! I feel sometimes like I am crazy, but I have an MRI to prove I am not. The MRI was taken when I could not use my left arm. Then it moved to both arms, now it is mostly in my left, sometimes in my right and my neck, but considerably better than it was 2 weeks ago, which was 3 weeks after my last spinal injection ( I have had 3 in 5 months). When I had it with DD, they treated it as a shoulder injury and sent me to PT, which was total hell on earth. This time, at least they got the right diagnosis. I do feel the same way. I love my baby and I hate that when I rock him to sleep at night, all I can think about is how much pain I am in. I feel bad for all DD misses out on too.
Childbirth doesn't have anything on this. I give birth 5 times over this, at least you get a baby. It is much better the last 2 weeks, since I quit BF. Still hurts, but not with the labor pain in your arms intensity.
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