D-MER

[grumpybear]

Requesting for articles/research on D-MER or Dysphoric(Depressive?) Milk Ejection Reflex.

I've always had nausea and just a general feeling of malaise whenever I nurse my DS. It always disappears after our nursing sessions. At the beginning, I was told that it was oxytocin and would wane after a few weeks of nursing. 2 years and a few months after, I'm still feeling it. In another message board, someone mentioned D-MER but I haven't seen many articles about it.

I think this would be really helpful for women like me.

Thanks!

[milkmonkeezmom]

Where have you looked prior to this request? Knowing where you've been will help us not duplicate effort.

[grumpybear]

http://www.d-mer.org is my main resource but other than that, there really isn't much on the internet.

[grumpybear]

d-mer.org would be my major source of info. But other than that, nothing.
Thanks!

[lovea]

This sounds exactly like what my friend experienced 14 years ago when she tried to BF her first two children.

[Mirandagrate]

I always feel that way while nursing DS... he's four months.. sometimes it's a lot worse than others.. I can always tell when I'm having a let down because I get a big wave of it... I'm anxious to see what people have found out about it...

[Macrina]

It says on the site:

"D-MER hasn't gotten news coverage yet; medical articles are just starting to be formulated but are not in print. D-MER hasn't been in the labs, is totally funded out of pocket and at this point all you are going to find are a few blog references online. That's because these things take time and everything has to start somewhere. But getting the information and education out there into mother's hands couldn't wait."

I hope that helps!

[melcvt00]

Nausea while nursing

[littleyent]

I'd never heard about D_MER before but I stumbled across this after reading your post. There are lots of comments from moms who've been through it at the bottom. HTH

[Macrina]

I also heard that Shiela Kitzinger talks about mothers who feel "let-down in their stomach" in one of her books...have yet to find out which book yet though.

And apparently the ABA publication Essence had a "Your Story" about it having an emotional reaction to letdown in one of their issues, but can't figure out which one either.

[Macrina]

HTH!

http://organizedwisdom.com/Dysphoric...jection_Reflex

[Babysaurus]

I suffer from D-MER (dysmorphic milk ejection reflex) and I think it would be great if Kellymom could put an article about it on the website. I know many other mothers have it too and would appreciate being able to get information about what is "wrong" with them. D-MER is the condition that causes me to feel angry, aggressive and sometimes worse during a milk letdown. The symptoms can vary from woman to woman though. There is a website about it d-mer.org. One of the ladies on the 6-12 month board posted it for us to look at. It is very helpful in understanding this problem.
Thanks for listening!