Post pregnancy sweating...how long does it last?

[OhCaptainDarling]

It's horrid......when does it stop?

DC2 born 2 wks again All good however I'm waking up in a pool of sweat during the night and in the morning. Then I'm getting back into a cold damp bed once I've finished feeding.

I have towels on the bed and pillow, changing the sheets every 3 days. I'm changing my sleep bra etc at least 1 a night.

I know it will pass but when...

Thanks

[Andcake]

Mine lasted the whole time I breastfed. Its training for the menopause

[OhCaptainDarling]

Oh my goodness...don't say that cake not sure that I could cope with that.

[pricklyPea]

A few weeks. I remember thinking I was seriously ill.
Think it was gone by a month.

[Moosekin]

Same here - midwife said it was my body making the milk. Sweats and shivers etc.... Was over by about 4 weeks maybe 6.

[OMGiwonacar]

Mine lasted for 6 mths til I had my gallbladder out.... It appears I was running an infection after all!

Oddly I fed for another 18mths with no sweats.

If things don't improve worth seeing doc.

[Princesspond]

God you've made me remember how awful it was. Unhelpfully I have no idea how long it lasted, maybe a couple of weeks?

[hedgehogy]

Mine lasted for around 6 months (I'm still breastfeeding at 8 months). I rarely sweated before getting pregnant so it took some getting used to. As well as at night, I sweated horrendously all over walking even a short distance (and I've always exercised regularly so I'm fit). I was starting to think it was permanent so thank goodness it has stopped.

[ThursdayLast]

Man, those sweats were freaky. I understood it in hospital because those places always have their own little weird climate, but I too was worried I had a seriously problem when they carried on at home!
I don't remember how long they lasted though, I think only a matter of weeks.

[PorkPieandPickle]

My dd1 is 6.5 weeks and I'm still throwing the quilt of in my sleep and waking up sweating. Having the house warm for her doesn't help!! I want to open all the windows and freeze myself!!

[PenguinsDontEatKale]

Mine was only a few days. Sounds like I had it easy.

[nevergoogle]

What? I don't remember this.

[kazza446]

I'm 5 weeks since my c section and thryve started to taper off now thank goodness. They were nasty. I was waking up to feed baba and the bed sheets were sodden as were my pj's. Hope they ease off soon x

[fish88]

Mine only lasted a couple of weeks and I'm still breastfeeding. Between the sweats and the leaky boobs I was waking up drenched every night.

[IpanemaMeisje]

6 weeks really but got a bit better after 4 weeks. It's grim but I kept trying to remind myself that it was the water retention gained during pregnancy, plus hormones, my body was getting rid of and that was a good thing

[Gerty1002]

Mine lasted about 4 weeks but now I also get them with at AF time, when I had never before. It's awful, I used to change pyjamas after every feed!

[LadySnapcase]

6 months and counting, stopped BF 5 months ago Am seeing the GP about mine...

[nomoreminibreaks]

DS2 is 4 weeks old now and they stopped a week ago. They were at their worst around 2 weeks.

Hope yours stop soon! They're awful, especially in a cold bedroom when you have to get up to change a nappy while you're soaked through.

[MetellaEstMater]

I'm 4 weeks post partun with DD2 and they have tapered off with the bleeding over the last week.

[MetellaEstMater]

Oh and I'm bfing

[chickieno1]

With ds lasted for ages was horrible. About six weeks

Dd is now four months old. I had them for about three weeks this time.

Hope yours stops soon

[Mondayschild78]

About 6 weeks but have had the occasional one since (DS2 is now 10 weeks). I do not remember it with DS1. Both are breast fed babies.

[BetterWithCheese]

DD is 5 weeks and I think the sweating calmed down around a week and a half ago. Like others have said it coincided with lochia stopping and the sweating was worst at around 2 weeks. It is horrible though.