Could I be low in something?

[krysalyss]

Hi Relle,
I am not an expert but DH is a qualified acupuncturist/chinese herbal therapist. This is the chinese medicines view of birth.
In Chinese medicine, birth takes a lot of 'blood' out of the women. Breastfeeding also counts as 'blood' so you are still depleting yourself. This also explains 'baby brain' that can happen after birth - (I kept saying the wrong words etc after DS was born). You need to build up your blood again.
If you are a meat eater you can do this by eating quality red meat. If you are a vegetarian like me, you can see a (accredited) chinese herbalist for some herbs to do the same. DH recommends seeing one anyway to build back up again, especially if you are planning on having more children.

HTH.