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Gaelic Lass 
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 10:51pm |
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Do any of the other Mums out there suffer from terrible headaches after birth. I gave birth to our beautiful wee daughter Matilda a week ago, but over the past couple of days I have been experiencing severe headaches - my blood pressure has also dropped a couple of times & I've had vision/focus problems and almost fainted.
Breastfeeding is not going so well as Matilda has lost a bit more weight & not put any on yet (plus she's only had 2 poo nappies since we brought her home). My midwife has put me on tablets to boost my milk supply - but they make my headaches worse! This happened last year when I took them when I had my first born daughter, Georgia. I ended up having to stop the pills & start formula feeding. The doctor I saw today said that apparently headaches ARE a side effect of the pills.
Anyone else out there in the same boat?? How have you coped - is there anything else out there that I could take to boost my milk supply??
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Bizzy
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 11:10pm |
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there is a recipe for lactation fudge in the recipes section... bananas, milk, make a milkshake with them with some complan, peanuts (if no allergies), lots of water and rest...
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Gaelic Lass
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Posted: 08 July 2008 at 11:15pm |
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Cheers Bizzy. Sounds interesting!
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 7:39am |
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Sounds to me like your getting very dehydrated. I still get headaches if I dont drink enough. And it makes sense that the tabs would make it worse cos they making your body put more fluid into your breastmilk.
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 8:15am |
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Sounds to me like your getting very dehydrated. I still get headaches if I dont drink enough. And it makes sense that the tabs would make it worse cos they making your body put more fluid into your breastmilk. |
Exactly what I was thinking. I had headaches really bad at the start and my MW put it down to dehydration. The amount you need to drink is insane!!!!
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 8:32am |
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Yep, I was going to say the same thing. Drink lots and lots and lots of water.
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 8:53am |
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LOTS of water, the tablets make you dry as well, I was on some. I used to sit down with a pump bottle while feedig and try to drink it all during the feed, then another after. You need to drink much more than you normally would.
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The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 9:16am |
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I was going to suggest drinking more water too - I can remember getting headaches early on and I think it was because I wasn't drinking enough. The complan shakes are fantastic - it really helped plus gave me a good boost of energy in the mornings.
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Gaelic Lass
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 4:27pm |
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Thanks Ladies. Yes, I am drinking water throughout the day...but obviously not enough!
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Posted: 09 July 2008 at 9:34pm |
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And remember to keep up your eating. BF takes a lot out of you and you will need to eat little and often, as never before!!! Make sure you make up some healthy pick-me-up snacks (e.g. cheese and pineapple) during the day so that when you're really tired and night (and baby is cluster feeding), you have something to go on.
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Breastfeeding & headaches
