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pooka Member |
posted 09-16-2004 07:27 AM
  
Morning everyone. I have a posting that hopefully the single moms can answer here. Sorry dads you don't have the right equipment to anwer this one. My son is now almost three years old and i can still nurse him if i want. Its not like it was when i was nursing him but the milk hasn't dried up is what i am trying to say. My mom said things would do it on thier own but hey its almost two years after baby and i still have milk. As well, Now that i have had a child, i can't watch anything on tv if a kid gets hurt or even read the paper where a little kid gets hurt or killed. Its brutal. I am overly sensitive to these things now and when i heard of that russian school being overtaken and little kids being killed i couldn't sleep for a couple of days it was so upsetting. Those poor people. Is this normal or some form of postnatal thing depression wise. Or just the tail end of things? If i hear of something on the news it bothers me all day and i check on my son quite a few times during the day.Or night. I just want to make sure he is safe. No i am not washing my hands every five seconds or counting the nails in the ceiling or paranoid just way way overly sensitive now that i have had my son. Does this go away? I used to be a really tough nut to bother but now things get to me alot easier.Anyone have any clue? |
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ladybugss Member |
posted 09-18-2004 09:10 PM
My daughter is almost 4 and I still have milk. The week before my period, my breast become engourged. It's nuts. It's not like they have had any activity to encourage anything!!! I keep forgetting to ask my doctor about this. I figure it'll go away!! Plus, I think they will only give you pills to remedy this and I would forget to take them! As far as the crying, I'm such a bloody baby now. I can listen to a song on the radio and tears will come to my eyes. I really don't like crying in front of others. I'm more of a tough cookie and it makes me feel like I'm being manipulative even when I can't control it. Let me know how it goes, Deb |
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fitforlife76 Member |
posted 05-12-2005 10:05 AM
since I've had my first son, I have been much more emotional and very sensitive to seeing children get hurt also. I think it is a pretty natural thing for most mothers. It has not gone away though and my oldest son is almost 8 years old. |
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waterlily Member |
posted 05-13-2005 10:02 AM
Thankyou! It's so nice to hear that I'm not the only one. I no longer watch the news or read the papers because my mind is haunted by horrific images for days or even months if it's something really horrible. Some might call it sticking my head in the sand, but I have enough crap to deal with in my own life without adding any more. I now deliberately avoid 'heavy' movies whereas they used to be my main form of entertainment. I once heard the comedian Amanda Keller describe having a child, she said it's like you spend your whole life building protective layers over your heart, and then you have a child and they rip all of them right off. Not poetic perhaps, but exactly how I feel. |
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pooka Member |
posted 05-13-2005 11:33 PM
i have to tell you guys. i went to a naturopathic doctor. she told me that even though my son is almost 4 i am still going through post partum events. the stresses that were abundant left me with post traumatic stresses that pretty well screw your hormones up really bad and can make things really difficult at that time of the month. the milk thing you should get checked out because i had the same thing and its the hormones that are imbalanced. get things checked out and good luck. we don't have to cry at beer commercials for the rest of our life! |
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lovelysoul Member |
posted 07-20-2005 10:46 AM
Normal to me...I am more sensitive, emotional...and I can relate to the milk too. She is three. Blessings |
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JAYJAY Member |
posted 07-20-2005 12:00 PM
sorry to tell you but my daughter is 13 and i could cry for england, i also used to be a hard nut, nothing made me cry. I think when you become a mother you brain turns to jelly at the sight of anything and everything that is even just a little bit sad.I have often wondered if it has anything to do with bringing up children on your own, it is some sort of release value so you don`t go nuts. take care and just have a good cry now and again. -x-x- |
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lexiesmom Member |
posted 07-20-2005 10:10 PM
LEx is 13 as well, and yeah I cry at everything! THose damn lifetime movies! We went to see sisterhood of the traveling pants, btw- great preteen- early teen movie! Talks briefly about the negative aspect of having sex in highschool and the rest is about growing up and finding themselves. But I creid during that! |
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yankeehater Member |
posted 07-20-2005 11:27 PM
Well ladies, while I cant comment on the hormone thing, men can be just as sensitve and emotional, even if we would rather not show it. I tend to get emotional when watching movies, I just saw 'Million Dollar Baby' and was bawling by the end, and my 10 year son is constantly teasing me about it. There are a lot of things that can get me choked up now that never would have effected me prior to having a child. I think the parenthood experience definitely broadens your emotional horizons. |
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bonkers Member |
posted 07-26-2005 01:51 PM
Gotta agree on the parent thing and seeing things that really effect you. Like being a survivor of child abuse, I take everything to heart and I swear I FEEL everything I think a child is going through whenever I hear an Amber alert. I can't sleep, I become obsessed with finding out everythign I can about the case....like I can help the child somehow. It is crazy. I feel crazy, but it is just a common bond you share and it triggers... As far as the milk goes. I haven't b-fed in uhhh...6 1/2 years and I started producing enough milk to feed a baby. FREAKED me out. Turns out it was a new med the dr had me on. Some birth controls can do it, anti-depressants definitely can! |
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