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incredible thirst after stopping bf

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whenwillisleepagain · 30/06/2012 23:59

By which I mean stopping bf altogether, not after the baby has had a feed! I stopped bf my DD 12 days ago, at 25 months, and couldn't remember this happening when I stopped with my older child. It's not quite like the thirst of the first few months of feeding a newborn / small baby, but I do recall something like this in pregnancy with DD. Could it be hormones adjusting? I definitely had a bad time with my bladder when I was pregnant - including being hospitalised and catheterised with acute urinary retention when I was about 11 weeks pregnant. I feel constantly dehydrated and am peeing hugely and frequently, even compared to having a small baby and bf-ing. Part of me thinks I should check out diabetes, but the timing seems a bit suspciously coincidental and the other part of me thinks I should just watch and wait.

Any ideas or vaguely similar experiences would be appreciated

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Timandra · 01/07/2012 00:10

No similar experience I'm afraid.

I just wanted to advise you to see your GP asap. It may be linked to stopping bfing although I haven't heard of that happening but it is also possible that it is diabetes.

If it is diabetes you could be doing serious permanent damage to your body by not getting treatment. Please go and get your blood sugar level checked on Monday.

Saritabean · 01/07/2012 00:11

I agree- best get it checked out- could be coincidence and just hormones but best to be sure.

whenwillisleepagain · 01/07/2012 00:26

thank you, I will get checked out. I should have added, I'm 44 and I suspect I've gradually become perimenopausal over the last year. I think the thirst and peeing thing can be a symptom of that, but of course diabetes is uppermost in my mind.

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