I tried to stop feeding Dianthus breastmilk as of Friday night (after a rough start last year, breastfeeding has gone very well. Since July we've been doing it just at night and first thing in the morning.)
Saturday was awful. Super-painful engorged boobs. Achey back. And crying constantly. Not because of anything in particular, but because well, because I felt like crying. I had heard of there being hormonal weirdness with weaning, but I was completely unprepared for the equivalent of the worst PMS ever to happen instantaneously.
Sunday I learned that maybe it wasn't just the weaning.
It turns out that things other than not breastfeeding cause PMS-like symptoms.
Oh, obvious solutions. How often we overlook you.
The wasn't supposed to be cryptic, but I had at least one reader guessing more interesting things. The simple overlooked solution was that PMS causes PMS like symptoms.
ReplyDeleteI don't have enough data to say if weaning exaserbates the condition.
sigh. silly PMS trying to convince you that could be another reason.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were pregnant again!! I swear that a week after baby started eating solids (which was last week some time) I had a combination of PMS and morning sickness symptoms. I feel for you.
ReplyDeleteIf it's not to personal, is it your first occasion for PMS since Dianthus?
ReplyDeleteTT- MS started irregularly when Dianthus was 9 months old. This was the most extreme PMS, by far.
ReplyDeleteCurious cause Andrew is 9 mos. What do I have to look fwd to... How is weaning going?
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