You just delivered and you’re getting:
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Night Sweats
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Hot Flashes
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Vaginal Dryness resulting in…
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Painful Intercourse
Is this premature menopause? No, they are actually normal post-partum hormone changes. While you’re breast-feeding your milk hormone (prolactin) suppresses your ovarian hormones (estrogen and progesterone) to near menopausal levels.
Normally I don’t recommend treating these symptoms unless they interfere with normal function. One example is you can treat vaginal dryness with lubricants such as “Replens” or with vaginal estrogens. Vaginal estrogen creams and suppositories do not cause significant levels of estrogen in the bloodstream and are safe to use while breastfeeding.
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Did you get hot flashes or night sweats with breast feeding?
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Did you treat sexual discomfort or just “put up with it”?
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My postpartum issue is very bad body odor. Pre-delivery, I could go a few days without a shower, wear a shirt or bra a few times before a wash was needed, and stay fresh with only one or two applications of deoderant in a day. My B.O. would come and go with stress/anxiety but was never unruly. Now, as my first born turns 4 months old, not only is my body odor stronger, it smells different and I cannot seem to control it. I have to wash anything I wear and shower twice daily. I am not sure why this is happening and I can’t seem to find any supportive articles online to prove I’m not alone.
You may have retained pregnancy tissue which has become chronically inflamed or infected, or just a simple chronic uterus infection. Check with your doctor.