Tired from Breastfeeding

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How old is your baby? I’m feeling the same way! I’m currently taking parental vitamins but still feel so so tired like I have no energy

I’ve been nursing for the last 3 years. It gets tiring for sure! I have an ebf 4 mo and 3 yo that likes to still nurse when she can… I am a little touched out. But I don’t think I’ve ever felt so exhausted except when I was pregnant and nursing or sick. I would definitely suggest evaluating your nutrition, making sure you’re getting enough to nourish your body. Cut out all caffeine, it just makes your energy levels worse and causes overload on your adrenal system. Take a good postnatal vitamin to help replenish any vitamins youre not getting through diet. Drink lots of water throughout the day (add some sea salt or pink Himalayan salt for added electrolytes).

@Amber, he is 3 months. Going to be 4 months on the 19th.

@Selina let me know if you find anything that helps! X

I used to breastfeed and the pump when she is done eating and that wore me out, so, I decided to only breastfeed. If I don’t pump to store that’s fine, the anxiety was too much for me. I have told myself I will do my best to sustain her one day at a time. Maybe stop pumping for a while and just breastfeed ?

@Patience, did breastfeeding and pumping give you anxiety? I noticed when I begin to let down I get extreme anxiety and feeling nauseous. I mentioned it to my OB and she made it seem like it's nothing, but I looked into it and it's a real thing for some breastfeeding mamas.

I had to exclusively pump for our little one because she has a lip tie and was tearing me to bits. I felt that weird sensation of “anxiety” when having a let down, very depressive feeling and looked it up too, it’s called dysphoric milk ejection reflex. My partner works full time and I don’t have any one else to help so it was becoming all consuming. Never even had time to eat. Felt like I was always pumping or up with the baby. No sleeping either because I would pump when the baby would sleep. I think the stress too was causing my supply to drop. I eventually started introducing formula and did formula feeds at night and that made everything a lot better. My supply was really low though so the only way to bring it back up would be to pump even more. The stress of a new baby and not making enough milk was driving me mentally insane so I eventually fully transitioned to formula and haven’t regretted it since!

@Patience but because she only breastfeeds on one and is content I have to pump the other breast

@Adriana, yes! That's what I read when I googled my symptoms. It's horrible. It makes me not want to pump.

@Selina when people said being a mom was hard, they really meant it 😭😂

@Adriana, it's definitely not for the weak. It literally test you physically and mentally

I don’t know how yall cope with pumping kudos to those who can, I stopped pumping when baby was 2weeks old, I prefer she latch cos pumping almost sent me to rehab

@Blessing, it's definitely something to adjust to. My little one latches sometimes and not others. I really wanted to provide breast milk this time around was determined, even if that meant I had to pump mostly.

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