I have also been getting a severe pain in my left side. It starts inside the front of my hip, then extends up my back and down into my groin. The pain is so severe... worse than labor pain! There's no organs there, except for the ovary, intestines and kidney ( ok, there's a few) so I thought it might be a kidney stone. I mean the pain felt like something was burning and melting and about to burst out of me! I keep scheduling doctors appointments and then don't go to them because by the time I'm suppose to go, the "episode" is over.
One day the pain got so severe, I decided to go to the ER! I thought to myself," Hey, the pain is occurring right at this very moment, so maybe they will find something!" They ran a few tests and I was at the ER all day. (The nurse was a complete wreck! But that's a completely different story in and of itself! OMG! Which I will tell later!) The dr comes in and tells me I was severely dehydrated and probably had a virus! A VIRUS!?!?! That has lasted for 7 months! I don't think so! Then before I could say, Doctor?" he was out of the room. I was so drugged up on morphine and dizzy, I couldn't think fast enough or clear enough to do anything about it at the time.
So what does this have to do with PCOS and breast feeding?
Well, first of all, what is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? PCOS LINK
Here's the gist if you don"t wanna go to the link: Symptoms vary greatly because any one of the 7 organs and glands making up the endocrine system don't function at their optimum level at various times. This makes it difficult to study. No one knows what causes it.
So my hormones are crazy! My baby Chunky Monkey gets plenty of milk, but I am dehydrated all the time. The reason I think there is a correlation between the way I feel and nursing is because I feel worse after feedings and when you breastfeed the organs and glands that make up the endocrine system are busy releasing hormones. It doesn't matter how much water I drink, I feel like I have a hangover from hell! I've cut out all alcohol and caffeine and thought I was maybe drinking too much water a day, but the er doc said I was dehydrated!!! I don't know what to do!!! I'm thinking this is the cause of the spaced out dizzy headache vomit feeling ( Shikaka, I'm repeating myself because I can't think!)... and am hoping it is the cause of the side pain. ....Either way, feels good to write about it.
Alexander is 9 months now, so I am trying (key word trying) to wean him, but there is no guarantee I will feel better if I do this. ...I am a very stubborn person`. Doctors told me I would probably never have a child without medical intervention- I proved them wrong!! (WOOO HOO, go me! My precious little miracle, accident!) Then they told me I wouldn't be able to breastfeed because of my hormones, inverted nipples, and Alex's palette was shaped oddly- Apparently Chunky Monkey is stubborn like his mama, because we have been breastfeeding like champs! and I don't want to give it up because of my gimp body! That's like saying the Doctors were right! I know, I know, I have been doing it for 9 months, that's probably good enough and I should be proud. But I want to stop when I am ready, not when my body is!!! That is the story of my life.... My stupid body always gets in the way!
But I am proud.... I just have to convince my son it's time to stop! I wonder who is more stubborn? ha
oh, drinking pedialyte helps somewhat, but it has sooo many calories!
No comments:
Post a Comment