Hormone drop when stopping BF

[Amand34]

Hi
i just wondered if anyone noticed a big mood change when weaning off BF? My baby is 9m and drinking less and less milk (eating more and more food) but lately I have noticed I feel very low, anxious and hopeless. Dont get me wrong I have had rough days throughout these months but there’s now a very flat feeling and I’m wondering if it’s connected and if anyone has any advice?
TIA XX

There is such a thing called post weaning depression / anxiety. Angela lanter (Google her) suffered and talks about it in her blog.

Yes, it's pretty common. When you feed you get an oxytocin hit. When you stop feeding that stops, and it takes a while for your body to adjust. Insomnia is also common. It should ease.

@Flowersonmyorchid @ZippyZappyZoo thank you. Yep my sleep has been affected too, it’s taking me hours to fall asleep! X

I'm feeling exactly the same at the moment have very slowly stopped breast feeding but for the last month felt awful! Please tell me you're feeling better now?

Also really affecting my sleep!

@Nattalot hello! So I’m down to one feed a day planning to stop in the next week now he’s on cows milk. Definitely feel better, in fact hadn’t really thought about the above in a while - sleep also improved, so I am guessing it’s connected xx