Post-partum hormones

I'm almost 3 months post-partum and I'm still getting the most ridiculous mood swings - actually it's been worse the past 2 weeks. I can go from feeling ecstatic and overjoyed to depressed in a matter of minutes and for no reason at all. It's not even a thought that gets me there - the emotion comes out of nowhere.

I am still BFing and pumping, is that why my hormones are still all over the place?

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I didn't BF, but I think it's normal to have fluctuating hormones at 3 months PP. Heck, I'm 11 months PP and I still get them! I feel it happens mostly the week before I get AF. Just keep an eye on it and maybe mention it to your doctor at your next visit if it continues. Our bodies get wacky after childbirth.

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God at 3 months I was still cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Just ask DH. Completely irrational and volatile, not "angry" so much as manic one minute deeply bummed out the next. And I wasn't even BFing by that point either! While it sounds typical to me only YOU know what emotional state is within normal range for you, kwim?
But why not call your OB or get an appt to check in, I'm sure they can help!!! You may not even need medication, it could be just things levelling off (You were pregnant for 40 weeks, so it will take TIME for things to settle hormonally!).

And between working FT, pumping and BFing, and still not STTN, you're under a lot of physical stress so it makes sense!!

I'd call the doc; I'm sure they deal with this all the time and won't even blink an eye.

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Posted by colette

God at 3 months I was still cuckoo for cocoa puffs. Just ask DH. Completely irrational and volatile, not "angry" so much as manic one minute deeply bummed out the next. And I wasn't even BFing by that point either! While it sounds typical to me only YOU know what emotional state is within normal range for you, kwim?
But why not call your OB or get an appt to check in, I'm sure they can help!!! You may not even need medication, it could be just things levelling off (You were pregnant for 40 weeks, so it will take TIME for things to settle hormonally!).

And between working FT, pumping and BFing, and still not STTN, you're under a lot of physical stress so it makes sense!!

I'd call the doc; I'm sure they deal with this all the time and won't even blink an eye.

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I think for everyone, how long it lasts is different...for me, I was like that for about 2-3 months, at 4 months I felt like myself. I would bring it up to your OB, even if they don't suggest meds right away, they will have a history to keep track of, for the future months

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At 3 months my moods swing were ! Just ask my DH. They were all over the place. I found out i had a 6cm large cyst on my ovary and had to have most of it removed which included half my ovary.
I still had mood swings a couple months later. They put me on Zoloft and Wellbutrin and i have been swing free and actually feel like i have some patience for once and don't feel so stressed. My hormones just did not seem to want to level out.

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Posted by headoverheels

Wait, I can get meds?

Sorry, I don't mean to joke. My moods don't seem to be very extreme, I can easily control them (except for snapping at DH ) but I hate the see-saw feeling I get, especially since it coincides with being exhausted and I think it could affect the way I am with my kids. I miss them all day when I'm at work, and then I get home and all I want to do is sit on the couch.

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This is exactly why I did't bf this time. I completely attribute my ppd to bfing. As soon as i stopped my hormones leveled out and i felt normal again. this time, I'm ff and 2 weeks after, I'm feeling so even. so I def think its the bfing.