Haydies

I know exactly how you feel!!!!

I have had a very similar thing happen to me and in the early days it was a few times a week. I would wake up in a aweful panic and think that DS was in the bed and trapped under the covers/pillows. A few times I even cradled a pillow thinking it was him until DH woke me up. One other symptom I was having was really terrible night sweats, it was aweful, I would wake up soaking. It was really worrying me and I told my Doula and also did some reseach, turns out when you are breastfeeding some women get nightsweats and have panic attacks, heart pulpitations because of the levels of progesterone. I then spoke with the Ob and she said that during breastfeeding some women experience the symptoms exactly the same as menopause. So I wasn't having hallucinations, it was panic attacks. They have really eased now and I haven't had one for at least a fortnight.

I think it is worth talking to your Doc about, but from what you describe it sounds so similar to what is happening to me.

HTH
Spring