Tiredness and breastfeeding
I'm exhausted all the time, never have any energy.
Is this normal for a mum of a 6 month old (who doesn't sleep through every night yet!) or is it down to the extra pressure breastfeeding puts on my body? My mum is convinced it is, as her doctor advised her to stop feeding me when i was a baby because she was so tired and run down.
Is this normal for a mum of a 6 month old (who doesn't sleep through every night yet!) or is it down to the extra pressure breastfeeding puts on my body? My mum is convinced it is, as her doctor advised her to stop feeding me when i was a baby because she was so tired and run down.
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I think you will be tired to some extent anyway, I know I was especially tired with my first 2 who didn't sleep through the night until they were over a year. Sometimes I think that I take the more difficult path with everything ie breastfeeding and have been known to get a bit envious when my bottle feeding friends babies have slept through from early on. However, my boys both stopped bfeeding at 8 and 11 months and still didn't sleep through then my 3rd, was an angel from the start and although she woke 2 or 3 times in the night she just fed then went straight back to sleep.What I'm saying is that it may or may not make a difference stopping bf but after feeling really tired for years I am still bf my 15 month old and she sleeps brilliantly through the night now so I have more energy with 3 children than I ever did with my first 2.
I had chronic fatigue before my first baby and as it was when ME was a bit iffy nothing was properly diagnosed but I just changed my lifestyle and limited what I did. I got to know what made me more tired and made sure I got enough rest. You should do the same.
All of my 3 children had day time sleeps, the first 2 until they started school!!! This lo still has 2 naps, one in the morning when I tidy up and one at lunchtime when I have a rest too. They never cried and just knew it was /is sleep time (routines have always helped me manage my tiredness better too) and were all contented babies.
One other thing is to maybe get a thyroid function test done to rule out a thryoid problem which can cause tiredness. Hope that helps a bit xx
~Are you eating and drinking enough?
when i was bf it was the best time to just relax. is anyone helping you around the house??
xxx