Breastfeeding and cravings?

is it in my head or do you get cravings with breastfeeding? My daughter is 5 weeks old tomorrow and I exclusivly breast feed her . I had no cravings right the way through the pregnancy and now I find myself craving all sorts of things especially spearmint milkshakes and various other dairy products. Anyone else get cravings while breast feeding or is this all in my head?

Breastfeeding and cravings?
i went through a bit of a milk shake and muffin craze when i was first breastfeeding... it was hard coz i was miles from town and unable to drive and hubby was at work so i just had to make do with homemade milkshakes and the odd muffin brought home after work... i think its just our bodies telling us to stock up or something. i fully craved spearmint milkshakes when i was pregnant... my hubby thought i was cracked coz he had never even heard of a milkshake in that flavour.
Reply:I had the same thing in the "early days" (up until dd was 10 weeks). For me it was as if my body was preparing itself for bf (vitamins, minerals %26amp; fat). Never had cravings when I was pg - except for lobster one time....



Dd is three months old and the cravings have stopped. We'll see if they return.
Reply:It's your body telling you what you need, sounds like dairy.



Breast feeding takes a lot out of the mother, so go get that shake!!
Reply:Yes I was always hungry during and after breast feeding and I was gaining weight very quickly too from pigging out then the doctor told me to just drink loads of water to fill my stomach whilst breastfeeding instead of sandwiches and chocolate and anything else I eyed off
Reply:Yeah it can definitely happen, I've got a 4 month old baby girl that is fully breastfed and i go through th same things sometimes... Weird hey... Congrats on your new addition...
Reply:For the first few months, I was hungry throughout the day and would eat more than I did when pregnant. I would fins myself starving first thing in the morning. My only real craving was for muffins from Dunkin Donuts, so we used to walk and get one every day -- I considered the walk the exercise to justify the muffin!



Enjoy this time... it goes so quickly.
Reply:I had cravings inthe early days of breastfeeding.