I have been passing out alot over the last few weeks. My hands and numb alot of the time. My head feels like I am hanging upside down and all the blood has rushed to my head. I am weak and exhausted ALL the time. Well last monday I had to call 911 because I was nursing Jackson and passed out and dropped him on the floor and fell on top of him. He is fine-he was just really upset that I took the boobie away from him. I called my doctor and told him that I had just passed out and told him that I was having severe chest pains so they told me to just call 911. Well I was of course hysterical because I could not get ahold of my husband-hes in the military and alot of the times I cant reach him at work. So I had to go get a neighbor to come over and watch my kids for me so I could go to the hospital. Anyways, they found that my heart rate is extremly slow and irregular. I am beating about 48 beats a minute and it dips down to the mid 20's which is why I am passing out so much. My body is not getting enough oxygen passed through it so I feel like I cant breath alot. I have been feeling like this ever since Jackson was born. Hes now 7 months old. I thought maybe its stress because my hubby was deployed. But its gotten worse since hes got back. I have lost a lot of weight too-I am down to 115 lbs which is not too small since I am only 5'4 but I lost alot of weight quickly after having the baby. Plus I am not eating/drinking enough. My blood work showed that I was very dehydrated. Which is funny to me because I had just gotten out of bed, took a shower, drank a glass of water, nursed Jackson and then passed out all before 8:30 AM. It is not like I had went all day without eating or drinking. So anyway, I have an appointment with a cardiologist tomorrow morning and they are gonna do some tests. I am really worried that they are gonna tell me to stop nursing Jackson. (this happened to me when I nursed Tyler 3.5 years ago-I lost alot of weight and had little energy and was severly dehyradted and anemic so they told me I had to stop nursing which I didnt do and wont do this time either!). I am afraid they are going to put me in the hospital and I will have to be away from my kids. I am afraid they will tell me I need Toporal again and they I wont be able to nurse Jackson and hes only 7 months old! hes not ready for cows milk yet! Any ways, sorry this turned into a novel. I just wanted to tell my mommysavers freinds what has been going on with me. I know I have not been online in forever and I miss you all so much! Pray for my family and pray for me please! Thanks so much!

Oh, Amy! You poor thing. Keep us posted please. Is there anyone who can come help you with the kids while you get this figured out? Try to drink a TON-till you feel like you might float away, and then drink some more- that will help your circulation and help you feel better. I will keep you in my prayers... HUGS

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My dear - you have to remember the #1 rule of being a mommy, it's also the hardest rule to remember. IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF - YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THOSE PRECIOUS BABIES!!!!! You might make yourself sicker worrying about this, but you have to look at the big picture - you have nursed for 7 months - that's awesome!!! IF he has to go to formula for a few months, it's not the end of the world. I would be willing to bet that most of the mommies on this board were formula-fed, and look how smart we all are!!! And you can probably pump and dump while you are on the medicine and then resume nursing when you are done. I recently weaned my third, and I know how you probably feel about it - it's hard to not have that time anymore.

You can not take the chance on passing out for a long time while you are alone with your kids. That would be traumatic. And loosing their mommy - well, that would be a million times worse than drinking formula anyday. You might also want to keep someone on "standby" each day until you are feeling better that you can call to come help. Please take care.

Amy, I'm SO sorry to hear you are not feeling or doing well. I actually teared up reading your post! I hope and pray you are feeling better and 100% again SOON!

I have to agree with Mhender, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST and honestly I know how horrible it sems now that you may have to stop nursing Jackson, and I know you don't want to hear this, but honestly Amy, if it means you becoming healthy and being able to be there for them, then it's WORTH it. You know I could only bf my dd for the first 4 1/2 months of her life and I had to stop for many reasons and yes, it was sad, but she is very healthy and a very smart little girl, so remember, things could be worse and you need to take care of YOU first. That's a priority here!!!!

Amy, you must do what the doctors tell you to do. You need to be there to take care of those cute babies and to be their mommy. I hope you feel better soon and please let us know what the doctors say.

Okay, as I am reading your post, I am picturing Steel Magnolias...and when that little boy just sat there crying cause his Mommy wouldn't wake up. PLEASE don't worry about the nursing part...you just take care of YOU so that your little ones have their mommy for many, many years to come. How very scary. Know that you are in my prayers. Keep us updated.

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I agree with the other ladies here. You are wonderful mommy for having nursed your son this long. He will be perfectly fine if you have to stop. I couldn't nurse my 1st dd because of health problems I couldn't produce any milk and I had to stop nursing my 2nd dd at 2 months because of health problems also. Trust me my girls are happy healthy, not overweight and anything else you could wish for. I'm so sorry that you have to go through this but don't beat yourself up about this. You need to take care of yourself so that those kids of yours will have you around always. When they're in their 20's and graduating college and making you proud you won't even remember not having breastfed for as long as you think you should now. Think of the long run and you'll get through this.

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definately make you #1 if you need to stop nursing then you really should you don't want to get worse..your son will survive.. get well many prayers for you.

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Why did you have to go and bring that part of the movie up? Why couldn't it have been the take a whack at Ouiser part or something.

Seriously Amy take care of yourself, you need to be healthy for those little boys!! Big hugs!!

Amy-

Wild long shot here- any chance at all you might be pregnant?. Pregnancy could cause many of your symptoms- anemia, dehydration, low blood pressure/heart rate. Just a thought.

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