Comments on: Depression or other negative emotions upon milk let-down (D-MER)

By: D-MER:: The Postpartum Condition That Made Me Feel Sad and Disgusted Every Time I Pumped

Wed, 16 May 2018 11:29:18 +0000

[…] with milk let-down. I experienced all of these emotions during the 8 months I pumped. According to KellyMom, the mother has feelings of dysphoria or negative emotions that lasts a matter of minutes when […]

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:56:00 +0000

I always told my husband that whenever i started nursing the baby I felt like I did when I was a small child and I was without my mom (at grandma’s or school) or when I was scared at night…just a horrible feeling of fear and being lost and alone….I always felt guilty for not enjoying breastfeeding.but this makes sense

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:35:00 +0000

Wow. I didn’t realize this was a thing. I’m glad to know it’s a hormonal thing and that I’m not the only one that experiences it.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:05:00 +0000

Thank goodness, I thought I was losing my mind…

By: Guest1031

Guest1031 — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:47:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. Strange and releaving to know that someone else did the same and said the same things as me.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:18:00 +0000

I am nursing my seventh child and have always had this feeling with let down. I described it to my husband as a moment of “intense longing”. It reminds me of the feeling I had when I turned 13 and would cry the drop of a hat and felt romantic and lonely with the “growing pains” of becoming a woman. It goes away quickly.

By: KP

KP — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:34:00 +0000

Wow. I’ve been telling my husband for months that I feel random bouts of anxiety. It wasn’t until a week ago that I realized it was right before my milk lets down. Now I know why!

By: Patty

Patty — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:52:00 +0000

Ohh, that’s what it’s called. I had that and couldn’t understand why I would feel so sad. But it’s true, right after a couple of minutes it would go away.

By: Valerieanne9015

Valerieanne9015 — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Oh wow this is me!!! I thought it was all just in my head, but I would say about 50% of the time I feel this way right before Let down. I thought I was just starting to have negative feelings about pumping so much at work, ans stressing trying to keep up with it while working. It’s nice to hear I’m not the only one, and that it’s a reflex and not something wrong!

By: Tracie P

Tracie P — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:09:00 +0000

I had ppd that mercifully ended 2 weeks after my daughter was born. But every time I put her to the breast, I get a miniature dose of ppd–only lasts maybe a minute then goes away! Thx for talking about this. Looks like it may not be so uncommon.