A lot is not said about stopping breastfeeding, the drop in hormones when you stop or how to even stop for example. The drop in hormones was something I was aware of and I was actually frightened to give up breastfeeding because of it, although I’m certain it didn’t affect me any more substantially than the week in my menstrual cycle where I just feel down: I had faith it would pass in the same way and it did. Everyone is different. Thank you for talking about it. It’s a good thing to highlight, especially as many (myself included with my first) give up breastfeeding quite abruptly when it feels impossible and hormone changes coupled with the feeling of failure is a really tricky one to navigate postpartum.
As usual, lovely blog and great to get the other side of the transatlantic excursion 🙈
Absolutely smashed it out of the park, as usual. I've learned so much about parenthood/women's bodies/women's emotions/hormones from your newsletters.
A lot is not said about stopping breastfeeding, the drop in hormones when you stop or how to even stop for example. The drop in hormones was something I was aware of and I was actually frightened to give up breastfeeding because of it, although I’m certain it didn’t affect me any more substantially than the week in my menstrual cycle where I just feel down: I had faith it would pass in the same way and it did. Everyone is different. Thank you for talking about it. It’s a good thing to highlight, especially as many (myself included with my first) give up breastfeeding quite abruptly when it feels impossible and hormone changes coupled with the feeling of failure is a really tricky one to navigate postpartum.