Breastfeeding D-MER

emer_b

Ok I never heard of this before yesterday but thought I would share this info:

"D-MER Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex is a condition affecting lactating women that is characterized by an abrupt dysphoria, or negative emotions, that occur just before milk release and continuing not more than a few minutes.

Preliminary testing shows that D-MER is treatable if severe and preliminary investigation shows that inappropriate dopamine activity at the time of the milk ejection reflex is the cause of D-MER.

Dysphoria is defined as an unpleasant or uncomfortable mood, such as sadness, depressed mood, anxiety, irritability, or restlessness. Etymologically, it is the opposite of euphoria."

www.d-mer.org

I've just started breastfeeding my second baby (2weeks old) and that old familiar,
but unpleasant, feeling is back so thought I would investigate this time.
For me, it's like a fleeting moment of anxiety & unease that I experience when I start feeding. Once it passes I actually quite enjoy feeding. I had this with my first baby and could never put it into words how I felt, I never even mentioned it to anyone as I couldn't explain it. But this website does a good job at helping to understand it.

I'm not looking for advice on this, just thought I would share and interested to know if anyone else experiences this?

monflat

emer_b wrote: »

Ok I never heard of this before yesterday but thought I would share this info:

"D-MER Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex is a condition affecting lactating women that is characterized by an abrupt dysphoria, or negative emotions, that occur just before milk release and continuing not more than a few minutes.

Preliminary testing shows that D-MER is treatable if severe and preliminary investigation shows that inappropriate dopamine activity at the time of the milk ejection reflex is the cause of D-MER.

Dysphoria is defined as an unpleasant or uncomfortable mood, such as sadness, depressed mood, anxiety, irritability, or restlessness. Etymologically, it is the opposite of euphoria."

www.d-mer.org

I've just started breastfeeding my second baby (2weeks old) and that old familiar,
but unpleasant, feeling is back so thought I would investigate this time.
For me, it's like a fleeting moment of anxiety & unease that I experience when I start feeding. Once it passes I actually quite enjoy feeding. I had this with my first baby and could never put it into words how I felt, I never even mentioned it to anyone as I couldn't explain it. But this website does a good job at helping to understand it.

I'm not looking for advice on this, just thought I would share and interested to know if anyone else experiences this?

Possibly I'm just getting over a dose of thrush my lad will be 3 weeks Tuesday comin.
I still dread latching him on because of the utter pain full latch that I experienced when I had thrush..

My first child was not a positive experience for the first 14 week's.
I used to dread feeding her. But it all worked out in the end!

cyning

I loved feeding my first little girl... Not that it wasn't tough but I loved it. I fed her until I was 16 weeks pregnant: and by about 20 weeks the thoughts of ever breastfeeding again had me nearly wanting to puke: logically I knew it was insane, but I was really upset over it. I'm not enjoying feeding, at all now. Everytime I latch her on I'm just waiting for it to end. She's 6 months and while I'm not sure if it's a reaction to how much S has been through, (tongue tie, pneumonia, viral infections, bad reflux, 3 hosp stays, more tests coming up etc) I just cannot wait in one sense until she's one. She can feed hourly during the day... The only time I don't mind feeding as such is the last feed before bed. I'm not sure it's d mer, but I certainly have much more negative feelings this time.

In saying all that not feeding was never, and wouldn't be an option for me: I just can't imagine not feeding her. These hormones do strange things!