What happens to your hormones when you stop breastfeeding?

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I am about to stop breastfeeding and heard that my hormones get out of whack, my metabolism slows and I lose a lot of energy

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I stopped breastfeeding in Feb after breastfeeding for a year and 6 months. I can definitely say it’s bitter sweet. I lost a lot of energy I had while breastfeeding and I thought that was so weird but it made things so different for me.

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If you slowly wean like nature intends for us to do it is easier on our bodies and on the babies

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Yes you will go threw hormonal changes and yes your metabolism will slow down. You’re body is changing and your life style will have to as well. It’s not bad.

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I felt like my metabolism sped up after I stop breastfeeding! I couldn’t figure out why I had such a hard time losing weight until it just fell off when we stopped breastfeeding. Although that’s not why I stopped I had no clue that would even happen. I was hormonal as well but I don’t recall if I lost energy from it because I’m tired all the time anyhow since this last one was my fourth and I’m almost 40.

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Currently weaning. I did it slowly over a few months. I’ve noticed my appetite has decreased a lot! I feel very sad/depressed but I’m assuming that’s the hormonal change.

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I gained all my weight back. Ugh.

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Nothing bothered me after I stopped breast feeding. But I was 17.

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My kids weaned themselves and I didnt notice a difference. I stayed my pre pregnancy weight and I had the same level of energy. I took a prenatal the whole time so maybe that helped, I breastfed my first for 2.5 years and my second for a year.

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I have breastfed 3 kids and stopping didn’t affect me at all like that.

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I didn’t notice anything at all. I stopped at one year as they drank less and less, so maybe that’s why.

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Never had that issue

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Personally, nothing happened to me but I’m sure every body is different.

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You get pregnant lol

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I got soooo much energy back. I felt like my old self. Then I started dropping weight (I gained while bfing) and then I got pregnant… now I’m bfing again while I type lol

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When I had my son and stopped nursing him that is when I put on weight

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I was way less drained when I stopped breastfeeding and the only other thing I noticed was I got my first post baby period about a month later :person_shrugging: