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Originally Posted by Lissa  Is it possible to never dry up completely? |
yes.
your boobs keep producing milk for as long as their in use. There are cases of grandmothers nursing their grandkids in some isolated villages - keep in mind that in some places in the world people aren't so uptight about hygiene and propiety: for instance, in a village where a baby might sometimes get fed by a friend of the family who's lactating... why not? it's gross, but not unsafe.
I've read of women who give milk to milk-banks for years after their own children wean off the breast - I've read of women who gave milk to milk-banks when their own child died in labour - firstly as a way to ease the swelling without wasting the milk, and then as a way to stay connected to their unliving child....
a good book is "fresh milk" - a fascinating book of breast feeding stories - including one hawaiian man who took to comforting his screaming, hungry daughter with his own nipple while waiting for mum to come home - and in the end his nipples actually started to produce some 'stuff'... not milk, but... stuff.