“Depleted Mom Syndrome”
June 8, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Breastfeeding, Labor & Delivery, Mental Health
Here’s a quote from a Canadian Parents article by Rick Hanson that I simply must put out to the world. Right now:
If she nurses her baby (recommended if possible) she needs to pour about a quarter of her total caloric intake into her child, draining herself of many important minerals and other nutrients. Her baby literally feeds on her flesh. Her hormones and physiology flip-flop during pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing and the other systems in her body may never full recover. Her immune system becomes less effective. Brain chemistry alters and neurotransmitters involved in …read more
