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May 21, 2009
TMI
A few days after I night weaned Owen, my body started going haywire. My weight is fluctuating wildly, daily. I've gone from Sahara to oasis, been bloaty and crampy and probably moody (although who would be able to tell?)
It's like I'm having my period, but without, well, the period.
I figured my hormones are adjusting to Owen finally eating less often than a newborn, but shouldn't that be over by now? I mean, I stopped feeding him overnight weeks ago, and the weight and bloating is still out of control.
Worse, I'm not sure he's getting enough to drink anymore. And I don't mean that I think he should still be getting a ton of calories from boob juice, but he doesn't do much drinking from cups, and he seems to be a bit parched in the diaper area, if you know what I mean. (Also, I would nurse him until he left for college if it would make/keep me skinny without the need for exercise.)(I don't kid.)
I'm about to call my doc and get my thyroid rechecked, since it's probably the most quantitative thing I can do (and I'm about due for a recheck, anyway, so I don't have to worry about looking like a hypochondriac, for once.)
What else would make my body go haywire like this?
Posted by me at May 21, 2009 8:36 AM