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Re: hormones, cycles, symptoms
From: alight (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 May 2000 22:58:50 -0500 (CDT)
>Wow. A lot of questions. Basically, estrogen and >progeasterone are the
>hormones secrested by the ovaries during a cycle. Rises >and falls of
>these may effect lactation, but the intricacies of this >are beyond my scope here.
*No problem. Is there something you can recommend that might answer my
questions? A textbook, a website, anything? I've done my share over the
years of reading books directed at laypeople and unfortunately these
don't go into much detail.
I was hoping to get more responses from this forum, isn't there anyone
here who can contribute some information?
>Could be fluid retention, or swelling of the pelvic vessels.
*It seems that my cervix is just really tender. Does every woman's
pelvic vessels swell during ovulation?
>>I'd love some information about the effects hormones produce in my body
>>during monthly cycling with lactation. I had my 5th baby 13 mos ago;
>>she is still 99% exclusively breastfed. My cycles returned around 5 mos
>>post-partum. I'm 38. I have several questions.
>>*Although my milk stopped leaking with letdown months ago, during a few
>>days mid-cycle I will notice leaking again with each letdown. There
>>doesn't seem to be a difference in the strength of the letdown, although
>>my breasts do seem to fill up faster during this time. What causes
>>this? Is it strictly hormonal or more the effect of several changes
>>initiated by hormones? For instance, are my breasts more sensitive to
>>the effects of oxytocin as a result of ovulation hormones? (And what
>>exactly are the hormones involved in ovulation?)
>
>>a) Why did this begin to happen only after my first vaginal birth as
>>opposed to after my first two babies were born, each by c-section?
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>I couldn't rightly say.
>
>>b)Which hormones are responsible for this discomfort and
>>c)if spotting occurs at this time as well why does it?
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>It is not hormones that causes the discomfort, but the effects that
>occur on the pelvic region. There are many causes of pain and irregular
>spotting.
>
>>*I notice quite a decrease in milk production a few days to a week prior
>>to my period. What hormone causes thi
>>*Since I began to feel this ovulation pain, I've conceived twice and
>>both times I fell pregnant I never felt the ovulation pain that month
>>(and so I though I hadn't ovulated and so couldn't be pregnant.
>>Surprise!). I'm guessing that now my monthly pain is occurring well
>>after ovulation since when I did get pregnant I obviously ovulated
>>without pain and conceived and somehow conception cancelled my pain that
>>month. Can anyone explain how the body works to produce these symptoms?
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>That what text books are writen about. There are as many possibilities
>about the mysteries of how the body works (and doesn't work) that
>remain. Even when we find the answer to one question, we're faced with
>twenty more.
--
Robin (aka alight)
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