Hi there, just hoping some other breastfeeding mothers can help me out and tell me what you make of this ! I'VE done a search on old posts but can't see anything definitive and googling hasn't helped much.
DP and I had unprotected sex about 2.5 months ago (first and only time . I know that BFing doesn't protect you, and i could have ovulated yadayada etc..
Since then I've been having continual dizzy spells. Last month i had about a weeks worth of period cramping, coupled with swollen (more veiny than usual) boobs. Cramping & full feeling has returned this month with a vengeance and been going on for about the last 2 weeks.
Over the last couple of weeks, i've been VVV irritable and snappy, had extremely tender nipples, feeding makes me feel really nauseas, i think probably from the cramping i get when i'm feeding, especially at early evening feeds. To the point where i actually dread the 11pm feed because the 7pm makes me feel so icky. I've had a couple of spells of nausea outside of feeding, but nothing major.
So, i would think that given that i'm still doing anywhere from 6-8 feeds in any 24 hrs, with some night feeds, that i can;t be preggers and that these symptoms are maybe just my body trying to return to normal ? however i would swear that i've felt something move (too early surely but honestly i felt something !!) although maybe it's just wind ...
pregnancy test came up negative.
whats a girl to think ? has anyone else experienced prolonged period symptoms without the acutal return of their period ? Or, when your period did return, did you have a build up over the course of a few months ?
Much appreciate you taking the time to read this