Moms, did you get sick more when you were breast feeding?
I’ve always been a very healthy person, didn’t get colds much or anything very often, and if I did, they went away super quick! But now that I’ve had my son I seem to get every little cold that comes around! My mom said its because I’m breastfeeding, does that really make any sense? Did any of you others mom get sick easier after having a baby or while breastfeeding, and is there some reason behind this?
Yeah I figured it had nothing to do with it either, but a few people are trying to tell me so =p
LOL “dyot”, that is soo true, anytime something goes wrong, first thing my family suggest is I quit breastfeeding my son =p!!!
Despite knowing it was, logically, physiologically, unrelated, I spent the first year or so of my nursing career marvelling at how breastfeeding was keeping me from getting sick…
From Dr Newman:
“Breastfeeding is blamed for everything. True! Family, health professionals, neighbours, friends and taxi drivers will blame breastfeeding if the mother is tired, nervous, weepy, sick, has pain in her knees, has difficulty sleeping, is always sleepy, feels dizzy, is anemic, has a relapse of her arthritis (migraines, or any chronic problem) complains of hair loss, change of vision, ringing in the ears or itchy skin. Breastfeeding will be blamed as the cause of marriage problems and the other children acting up. Breastfeeding is to blame when the mortgage rates go up and the economy is faltering. And whenever there is something that does not fit the “picture book” life, the mother will be advised by everyone that it will be better if she stops breastfeeding.”
http://www.drjacknewman.com/help/Breastfeeding%20Myths.asp
[You don't have to get sick to provide the antibodies du jour -- you just have to be exposed to the pathogen]
I’m Sick… WORLD’S WORST MOM – Ep. 2