Anyone ever heard of this?

[hardehe]

D-mer? http://www.d-mer.org/ I've never heard of it, and I'm not sure how reliable this website is. But if it's real, I'm pretty sure that's what I had. In the beginning and for the first 3 or 4 months, I had an extreme feeling of sadness/depression right when I started breastfeeding until the letdown. It was so strange. I had mentioned it to my doctor, and that was the appt. when she tried to talk me into weaning. It doesn't do it anymore. It was the weirdest thing, b/c it wouldn't last long at all. I even went on PPD message boards looking for people who'd also experienced it, and I actually found some. Anyway, kindof makes me feel better to know that I'm not crazy and that there was a physiological reason for it.

[White Star]

I hated breastfeeding the first 3-4 months but I always connected it to PPD. I wonder if the LLL knows anything about this...

[MountainMama]

I have read this on another board. The posted a poll and a lot of women get this feeling. I had this for the first month or so too.

[hardehe]

I hated breastfeeding the first 3-4 months but I always connected it to PPD. I wonder if the LLL knows anything about this...

That was the weird thing about it. It didn't make me dislike b/f. I always knew I was going to have that strong, depressing feeling at first, but I knew it would go away shortly.

[White Star]

Yes, that's the weird thing, I wanted to be breastfeeding, glad I was doing it, happy to do it but once my let down let down I wanted to scream and run away from it. It was so weird.

[hardehe]

Weird. That sounds exactly opposite of my problem. I wonder if there's another term for that. I'm sure there is, there's a term for everything nowadays.

[White Star]

Ok there probably is but not everything needs a name. I know I mad a moderate amount of PPD and next time I'll seek more help. Then again nothing is like having your first child.

Thanks for posting the link.

[lisajoy]

O.M.G. This happened with me, when I had my son!

Heather, I never read/saw your post on this whenever it was happening with you, and I have NEVER EVER heard of anyone else experiencing this. Man, it feels so good when you find out you aren't the only one, and that you are not crazy.

I don't think my feelings were as extreme as some women's may be, but I ALWAYS felt that feeling in my stomach before the let-down, and then it would go away. When I would try to describe it to anyone, I called it a feeling of "home-sickness". To explain that, I moved from my home about seven years ago, and it was very hard on me. Whenever I felt really homesick and sad, I would feel that feeling in my stomach. So that is why I equated it with that.

With my daughter, it barely happens. Not as strong as it was with my son.

Man, thank you so much for posting this! I am amazed that it has a name!!

[hardehe]

Lisa, I'm pretty sure I never mentioned it before on here. I know I told Dh about it often, and that's exactly how it felt to me too! I always said I just felt a feeling of overwhelming depression for a couple of minutes.

Shay, I thought I was having some PPD, too, but now I'm not so sure that's what it was. I mean Cohen screamed all day for a couple of months, and that mixed with sleep deprivation, and the fact that it was my first baby, and I had no idea WTH I was doing, yeah. I feel 100% better now.

[Sarah from WI]

I hadn't heard of it before. I checked out the link. I definitely didn't have it, but I'm glad you found some answers, Heather! I'm also glad you feel better now.